A STUDY ON PARENT’S AWARENESS TOWARDS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Juvenile means anyone who has not yet reached the age of adults in terms of childishness or immaturity. In the legal sense a juvenile can be defined as a child who has not attained a certain age at which can be held liable for his criminal acts like an adult person under the law of the country. A criminal activity done by juvenile refers to juvenile delinquency. In today's society juvenile delinquency become a serious problem. Behind this problem there are so many causes like poor economic condition, family size, health condition, broken home etc. So there is a great need to study about this social problem. In the present study the researcher tries to study the parent's awareness towards juvenile delinquency. The objectives of the study are- a) To study the parent's awareness towards juvenile delinquency. b) To suggest remedial measures for preventing juvenile delinquency.