Juvenile delinquency, known as juvenile offending, or youth crime, is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult. Usually, the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency in Bangladesh are like any other society, it depends on the socio-economic reality of the child. The children of Bangladesh involved themselves in different types of deviances, which are murder, stealing, pickpocketing, truancy, fighting, fraud, sexual perversion and so on. Normally children brought up in a poor family environment who have problematic personality traits are found to engage in rape, smoking and any other delinquent behaviour. In rural areas, delinquent activities are associated with poverty and illiteracy upon the parents in the village. In independent of Bangladesh, the frequency of juvenile offence has risen with the increase of population. The process of urbanization has affected the family life in Bangladesh, causing the breakdown of family reputations and the subsequent growth of social disorganization, which has worsened the juvenile delinquency situation in Bangladesh. The most efficient interventions are those that not only separate at-risk teens from anti- social peers, and place them instead with pro-social ones, but also simultaneously improve their home environment by training parents with appropriate parenting styles.
Juvenile
delinquency, known as
juvenile
offending, or youth crime, is a person who is
typically
under the age of 18 and commits an act that
otherwise
would have
been charged
as a crime if they were an adult.
Usually
, the nature and extent of
juvenile
delinquency in Bangladesh are like any other society, it depends on the
socio-economic
reality of the child. The children of Bangladesh involved themselves in
different
types of
deviances
, which are murder, stealing,
pickpocketing
, truancy, fighting, fraud, sexual perversion and
so
on.
Normally
children brought up in a poor family environment who have problematic personality traits
are found
to engage in rape, smoking and any other delinquent
behaviour
. In rural areas, delinquent activities
are associated
with poverty and illiteracy upon the parents in the village. In independent of Bangladesh, the frequency of
juvenile
offence
has risen with the increase of population. The process of urbanization has
affected
the family life in Bangladesh, causing the breakdown of family reputations and the subsequent growth of social disorganization, which has worsened the
juvenile
delinquency situation in Bangladesh. The most efficient interventions are those that not
only
separate at-
risk
teens from anti- social peers, and place them
instead
with pro-social ones,
but
also
simultaneously
improve
their home environment by training parents with appropriate parenting styles.