NCJ Number
100976
Journal
Social Defence Volume: 20 Issue: 78 Dated: (October 1984) Pages: 15-59
Date Published
1984
Length
45 pages
Annotation
This paper describes juvenile crime patterns in India, lists possible causes of delinquency, and recommends parental education as a primary means of reducing delinquency.
Abstract
Official statistics indicate that juvenile crime has increased 104 percent in India between 1969 and 1978. This is due to such factors as population explosion, urbanization, industrialization, broken homes, slum neighborhoods, poor schooling, inadequate supervision, parental illiteracy, inadequate accommodations, and overcrowding. Parental education could do much in helping parents guide their children to reduce exposure to criminogenic influences. Education could help achieve birth control, improved health and sanitation practices, awareness of the adverse effects of negative parental role modeling and child abuse, improvement in agricultural techniques to reduce poverty, and parental commitment to a better education for their children. Overall, adult education helps parents and potential parents to identify behavior and conditions that influence children toward delinquency and to construct an emotional and physical environment conducive to positive character development. 71 references.