Tag: juvenile justice
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Juvenile Delinquency: The Indian Scenario
By Kshitiz Sharma, Delhi Institute of Rural Development, GGSIPU, Delhi. More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln said “A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things you think are important. You may…
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Should Juvenile Justice Law be changed?
By Madhvi Chopra, VIPS, GGSIPU, New Delhi. A “juvenile” means a person who has not completed eighteen years of age. A boy or girl under eighteen years of age is a “juvenile” according to the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA), 2000. Earlier, according to the JJA, 1986, the age of boys and girls were different, but…