JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES
AUTHOR – DR. BRUHASPATI SABAR* & MANTREE MAJHI**
* ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LINGARAJ LAW COLLEGE, BERHAMPUR, ODISHA
** 2 ND YEAR LLB STUDENT OF LINGARAJ LAW COLLEGE , BERHAMPUR , ODISHA
BEST CITATION – DR. BRUHASPATI SABAR & MANTREE MAJHI, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (8) OF 2026, PG. 401-407, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
Juvenile delinquency is a serious problem in India.Increasing involvement of juvenilesin crime activities has emerged as a matter of serious concern in the contemporary era, raising complex ethical, legal and procedural challenges. In this context(Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 represents a significant legislative advancement in the domain of modern Juvenile Justice, aiming to address these challenges through a comprehensive and child-centric legal framework. The cause of Juvenile delinquents is multifaceted angels. Poverty, social inequality, lack of education and family dysfunction are often contributing on juvenile delinquency. It evaluates an effectiveness of legal framework to check such crime in every corner of the country. The resercher adopts a doctrinal methodology and analysis the existing legal frame works on such Information Technology Act 2000& Juvenile justice (Care and Protection of children ) Act 2015. This paper aims at discussing the why minor are more involving themselves into committing offences. Finally, the study suggests on preventive and rehabilitative measure of the offenders and could have allowed them in main stream of any society.
Keywords: Juvenile delinquency, Causes, Legal framework, Preventive, and Justice