JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE

Children are important asset of any nation. Their physical, mental, moral and social development will take place if provided proper care, attention and nurtured them, on the other hand if they are exposed to an unfavourable environment it is likely that they get influenced and deviate from the social norms or violate the law. The central thrust of this paper was to examine the circumstances that are responsible for the adolescents' involvement in juvenile delinquency. Qualitative data was collected from 50 male juveniles in conflict with law. Results state that family, school, neighbourhood, poverty, deviant peer association, and substance abuse are not only the circumstances that heaved the participants into delinquency but risk factor for adolescents.