JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA: A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARE AND DELINQUENCY

Abstract

‘Care’ is not something involved only with family or older people. The Indian justice system is one of those institutions that uses ‘care’ as a component of reformation, for example, the Juvenile Justice System in India. The Juvenile Justice System in India went through a substantial change. The present Juvenile Justice Act (JJA)-2015 is more structured and organized than the past. The latest juvenile justice has spread in two ways: one with children who need protection, and the second with children in conflict with the law. In both cases of children, at the theoretical and practical level, the justice system is more lenient than the adult justice system, with more care and more focused on rehabilitation. Although the Indian adult justice system also talks about reformation, and this thing is practically impossible without care, in the cases of children's justice, this is softer in nature and prone to less punishment. The best interest in juvenile justice in India is children’s security, both physically and emotionally. This paper does not discuss grand reality or does not focus on what really Indian juvenile justice parameters are, rather it keeps focus on how the ‘care’ notion is attached with the offender, deviant, delinquent system. The current research paper examines the underlying pathways that are ‘outside of home and family care’ of children included in the criminal justice system of India.