The field of juvenile delinquency has been an interesting area of study of this century. The expression ‘juvenile delinquency’ may be new but the deviant behavior of children is as old as the children themselves. Juvenile delinquency is not a problem of one country, it is a worldwide phenomenon. Despite intensive rehabilitative measures and special procedures for tackling the problem of juvenile delinquency at the national and international levels, there is a growing tendency among the youngsters to be violent and disobedient to law. This paper mainly focuses on the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency by examining the laws at national and international level.

Modern society is dynamic, constantly changing, and either progressing or regressing. It is passing through a period of extensive transition that has far-reaching social and cultural consequences. Social institutions, norms of behavior, and many other phases of the social disorder are undergoing change, yet certain stabilizing influences are constantly in operation. Although an unchanging society may be unstable as a rapidly changing one, it is in a changing society that such problems of delinquency and crime tend to increase.2

The field of juvenile delinquency has been an important area of study since the turn of the 20th century. Legal practitioners, academicians, policy makers and legal scholars have paid their attention to the basic questions about the nature of delinquency. How should the concept of juvenile delinquency be defined? Who commits delinquent acts? What is the magnitude of juvenile delinquency? What are the consequences and implications of juvenile delinquency? What measures can be taken to prevent juvenile delinquency.

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