A CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AKKU YADAV: SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN THE MAKING OF A SERIAL OFFENDER
AUTHOR – MS. PURVA PARAB & MR. SOHAM REDKAR
4TH YEAR BA.LLB STUDENTS AT THAKUR RAMNARAYAN COLLEGE OF LAW.
BEST CITATION – MS. PURVA PARAB & MR. SOHAM REDKAR, A CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AKKU YADAV: SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN THE MAKING OF A SERIAL OFFENDER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (4) OF 2026, PG. 110-117, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
In this paper, the criminological issues regarding the case of Bharat Kalicharan Yadav, commonly referred to as Akku Yadav, will be discussed with reference to the importance of social conditions and institutional failure in developing criminal behavior. The case throws light on a very serious issue, which is the development of a habitual offender within a setting that is characterized by poverty, ineffective law enforcement, and long-term deprivation of justice, which eventually culminates into an extreme level of retaliation by the masses.
This study aims at examining the factors that led to shaping of criminal behaviors of Akku Yadav, as well as to appreciate how the failures of the system played a role in shaping his behavior and the reaction of the community. Criminological theories such as sociological, socialist, cartographic, and clinical approaches were applied in the paper to give a closer insight into the case. The methodology of the study is doctrinal and case study by basing on secondary sources like books, journal articles and reported accounts. In this way, it analyses the interaction of individual behavior, environmental social condition and institutional response.
Findings indicate that when socio-economic disadvantage, exposure to criminal influences and absence of effective policing was combined, criminal activities were sustained over a long duration. Also, the institutional inaction, repeated resulted in the build-up of frustration in the population, which ultimately led to mob violence in a courtroom.
The paper concludes that as much as social and economic factors can be involved in criminal behavior, the breakdown of the justice system also plays an important role in compounding such situation. The tougher enforcement of the law, timely judicial procedures, and underlying social conditions are vital to ensure that such situations will not occur again, as well as to preserve the rule of law.
Key Words- Serial Offender, Sociological School, Social Disorganization, Criminal Behavior, Institutional Failure