JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM DETERMINING AGE OF JUVENILE: India

Juvenile delinquency is reality a worldwide phenomenon inflicted upon individuals regardless of sex, age, or state of health. In a third world country like India deliquency is a serious and alarming problem. Theapproach and the thinking of the essential players in the system, like the policeneeds to change from punishing to reforming the juveniles in conflict with law.There are psychological, biological, physiological and personal factors whichare responsible for juvenile delinquency, along with other factors such as peerpressure, physical disability, love for adventure, dissatisfaction with school.Family is the one of the oldest and most important units of society, it isresponsible for the socialization of the child. A child learns from his family thedifference between good and bad, right and wrong, appropriate andinappropriate. Family is the role model for a child, it is the grass root levelwhich makes or breaks a childs character. Parents should not only teach butalso set a good example in front of their children. They can also see whethertheir kids are in good company or not. Imparting of sex education in schools canalso be an answer for juvenile delinquency. The book is an attempt to sdtudy tyhe violation of human rights as laid down in the Constitution. The present study introduces with the defect in governance of the state.