PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONG CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH LAW: AN EXPLORATION AND SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION STUDY IN PUNE CITY

Child is the pride to parents as well as to the nation also. Biologically, child is defined as a human being between the stages of birth and puberty or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. Juvenile in Conflict with Law is the term used for unlawful acts and other violations of law by children and young person below the age of adulthood. It is become the social problem across the globe Rapid industrialization and urbanization leads to this problem. Due to rapid growth of slums in the city area the problem of Children in Conflict With Law becomes most severe day by day. It was observed primarily in the Western countries after the Second World War. The present research paper will focus on the psycho social problems of Children in Conflict with Law. The main objective of this paper are; to study socio economic profile of Children in Conflict with Law; to understand the unlawful act done by Children in Conflict with Law; and to suggest the social work intervention strategies. For the present research paper the descriptive research design will be used to describe psycho social causes of Children in Conflict with Law and the simple random sampling method will be adopted, in which systematic random sampling method will be used for selection of sample