Identification of a Delinquent Child – A Case Study of 10th Class Student, Laxmangarh, Sikar (Rajasthan)

The delinquent is at the level of immorality. Often he has not leant do distinguish between right and wrong conduct. The term “Juvenile Delinquent, however, usually relates to adolescents who are old enough to come under the purview of juvenile courts; psychologically it is impossible to fix a definite age to which responsibility begins, if only because so much depends on mental rather than chronological age.

Some people have than nation that all delinquents are responsible for their conduct and they can reform by being published. It is expected that they will refrain from doing anti-social act again if they are awarded very harsh punishment. But it has been found that through punishment, while some delinquents were reformed, upon them there was just the opposite effect. They become crueler and wicks. However, psychologists believe that delinquency is a disease which can be cured through psycho-analysis.