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FACTORS SHADOWING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY- A CRITICAL STUDY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEGRADATION IN UTTAR PRADESH (INDIA)

    1 Author(s):  BRIJENDRA SINGH YADAV

Vol -  8, Issue- 8 ,         Page(s) : 19 - 25  (2017 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST

Abstract

Children constitute about 40% of India’s population and National Policy for Children states children as national asset. India has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and obligated working towards all the rights enshrined therein to all its children. According to UN Charter Declaration it is the child to be saved and prevented first of all harms in all cases. India has witnessed an increase both in crimes committed by and those committed against children. There has been 97.9% increase in crimes committed by children between 2003 and 2004, with more being appeared for arson, theft and cheating. Over 33,000 juveniles, mostly between the age group of 16 to 18, have been arrested for crimes like rape and murder across Indian states in 2011, the highest in last decade.

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