| dc.description.abstract | Criminological Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency in Bangladesh: Causes, Prevention
and Legal Responses. Children are not born as delinquents. Most of the juvenile become
delinquents due to the socio-legal circumstances prevail Bangladesh, not by their choice.
Juvenile delinquency has emerged as a matter of serious concern in recent times with the
rising number of children involved in unlawful activities. However, day by day the
number of male and female delinquents is increasing and they are involved in different
types of offences such as theft, hijacking, carrying illegal arms and drugs, and killing,
trafficking, smuggling and fraudulent activities. They have become victims of various
socio-economic circumstances like poverty, lack of guidance, extensive use of satellite
channels, misuse of internet and peer pressure etc. This thesis explores the present trends
and major socio-legal factors behind juvenile delinquency in Bangladesh | en_US |
