Increasing crime-Rate and Ways to curb it,

Human society is gradually but surely criminalised.Everyday the newspapers report ghastly
murders, sensational robberies , rapes , thefts and kidnappings. Naturally , the graph of crime in
today's society is sharply on the rise . Living has become quite risky , unplesant and unsafe .
Women and old people are the worst suffers. Our cities have become the dens of smugglers and
criminals . The capitals of India , new delhi , has earned a rare notoriety in this respect . It is not
only political capital but also the crime-capital of India .
Growing unemployment and lacks of motivation among the educatedyoungmen have drawn
many of them to the world of crimes . Thefts and way-layings are no more the monoply of
illiterate ruffians . Gradustes in jeans are now the active members of the crime-world . The new
wave of consumerism has added only fuel to the fire. craze for the foreign goods , cars , bikes ,
dresses , and cosmetics has fuelled their ambition . They need fats money to fulfil their never
dying desires.
There are no short cuts to reduce the growing crime rate in society ofcourse , it is the duty of the
police to maintain law and order in public . Efficent and impartial fuctioning of the police can
help in curbing the crime rate in society . But the health of society depends om many other
factors. The army of unemployed youngmen is sweling . Naked materialism and consumerism
have overpowered their minds and morals . Moral education in school can quite helpful in
bringing down the crime rate effectively.
Crime in India
Crime in India exists in various forms.
The statistics of every crime in the country are separately recorded and collected, making it
easier determine the crime rate. Reports have noted that some of the crimes have shown sharp
decline.
Crimes against women
Police records show high incidence of crimes against women in India. The National Crime
Records Bureau reported in 1998 that the growth rate of crimes against women would be higher
than the population growth rate by 2010.
[6]
Earlier, many cases were not registered with the
police due to the social stigma attached to rape and molestation cases. Official statistics show
that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of reported crimes against women.
[6]

Rape
Rape in India has been described as one of India's most common crimes against women.
[7]

Official sources show that rape cases in India has doubled between 1990 and 2012
[8]
In most of
the Rape cases, the culprit is known to the victim.
Illegal drug trade
India is located between two major illicit opium producing centres in Asia the Golden Crescent
comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran and the Golden Triangle comprising Burma, Thailand
and Laos.
[12]
Because of such geographical location, India experiences large amount of drug
trafficking through the borders.
[13]
India is the world's largest producer of licit opium for the
pharmaceutical trade.
[14]
But an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicit international
drug markets.
[14]

India is a transshipment point for heroin from Southwest Asian countries like Afghanistan and
Pakistan and from Southeast Asian countries like Burma, Laos, and Thailand.
[15]
Heroin is
smuggled from Pakistan and Burma, with some quantities transshipped through Nepal.
[15]
Most
heroin shipped from India are destined for Europe.
[15]
There have been reports of heroin
smuggled from Mumbai to Nigeria for further export.
[15]

In Maharashtra, Mumbai is an important centre for distribution of drug.
[16]
The most commonly
used drug in Mumbai is Indian heroin (called desi mal by the local population).
[16]
Both public
transportation (road and rail transportation) and private transportation are used for this drug
trade.
[16]

Drug trafficking affects the country in many ways.
Drug abuse: Cultivation of illicit narcotic substances and drug trafficking affects the health of the
individuals and destroy the economic structure of the family and society.
[17]

Organized crime: Drug trafficking results in growth of organised crime which affects social
security. Organised crime connects drug trafficking with corruption and money laundering.
[17]

Political instability: Drug trafficking also aggravates the political instability in North-West and
North-East India.
[18]

A survey conducted in 20032004 by Narcotics Control Bureau found that India has at least four
million drug addicts.
[19]
The most common drugs used in India are cannabis, hashish, opium and
heroin.
[19]
In 2006 alone, India's law enforcing agencies recovered 230 kg heroin and 203 kg of
cocaine.
[20]
In an annual government report in 2007, the United States named India among 20
major hubs for trafficking of illegal drugs along with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Burma.
However, studies reveal that most of the criminals caught in this crime are either Nigerian or US
nationals.
[21]

Several measures have been taken by the Government of India to combat drug trafficking in the
country. India is a party of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), the Convention on
Psychotropic Substances (1971), the Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic
Drugs (1972) and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (1988).
[22]
An Indo-Pakistani committee was set up in 1986 to prevent
trafficking in narcotic drugs.
[23]
India signed a convention with the United Arab Emirates in 1994
to control drug trafficking.
[23]
In 1995, India signed an agreement with Egypt for investigation of
drug cases and exchange of information and a Memorandum of Understanding of the Prevention
of Illicit Trafficking in Drugs with Iran.
[23]

Arms trafficking
According to a joint report published by Oxfam, Amnesty International and the International
Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) in 2006, there are around 40 million illegal small arms
in India out of approximately 75 million in worldwide circulation.
[24]
Majority of the illegal
small arms make its way into the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa
and Madhya Pradesh.
[24]
In India, a used AK-47 costs $3,800 in black market.
[25]
Large amount
of illegal small arms are manufactured in various illegal arms factories in Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar and sold on the black market for as little as $5.08.
[24]

Chinese pistols are in demand in the illegal small arms market in India because they are easily
available and cheaper.
[24]
This trend poses a significant problem for the states of Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh which have influence of Naxalism.
[24]
The porous Indo-Nepal border is an entry point
for Chinese pistols, AK-47 and M-16 rifles into India as these arms are used by the Naxalites
who have ties to Maoists in Nepal.
[24]

In North-East India, there is a huge influx of small arms due to the insurgent groups operating
there.
[26]
The small arms in North-East India come from insurgent groups in Burma, black market
in South-East Asian countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, black market in
Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, insurgent groups like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Indian
states like Uttar Pradesh and pilferages from legal gun factories, criminal organisations operating
in India and South Asian countries and other international markets like Romania, Germany
etc.
[26]
The small arms found in North-East India are M14 rifle, M16 rifle, AK-47, AK-56, AK-
74, light machine guns, Chinese hand grenades, mines, rocket-propelled grenades, submachine
guns etc.
[26]

The Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs drafted a joint proposal to the
United Nations, seeking a global ban on small-arms sales to non-state users.
[24]

Poaching and wildlife trafficking
Illegal wildlife trade in India has increased.
[27]
According to a report published by the
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in 2004, India is the chief target for the traders of
wildlife skin.
[28]
Between 1994 and 2003, there have been 784 cases where the skins of tiger,
leopard or otter have been seized.
[28]
Leopards, rhinoceros, reptiles, birds, insects, rare species of
plants are being smuggled into the countries in Southeast Asia and the People's Republic of
China.
[27]
Between 1994 and 2003, poaching and seizure of 698 otters have been documented in
India.
[28]

Kathmandu is a key staging point for illegal skins smuggled from India bound for Tibet and
PRC.
[28]
The report by EIA noted there has been a lack of cross-border cooperation between
India, Nepal and the People's Republic of China to coordinate enforcement operations and lack
of political will to treat wildlife crime effectively.
[28]
The poaching of the elephants is a
significant problem in Southern India
[29]
and in the North-Eastern states of Nagaland and
Mizoram.
[30]
The majority of tiger poaching happen in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa,
West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
[31]
Following is a comparison of reported cases of
tiger and leopard poaching from 1998 to 2003:
Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Reported cases of tiger poaching
[32]
14 38 39 35 47 8
Reported cases of leopard poaching
[32]
28 80 201 69 87 15
Samir Sinha, head of TRAFFIC India, the wildlife trade monitoring arm of the World Wide Fund
for Nature (WWF) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), told Reuters in an interview "The
situation regarding the illegal trade in wildlife parts in India is very grim. It is a vast, a varied
trade ranging from smuggling of rare medicinal plants to butterflies to peafowl to tigers and it is
difficult to predict how big it is, but the threats and dimensions suggest that the trade is
increasing".
[27]

Project Tiger, a wildlife conservation project, was initiated in 1972 and was launched by Indira
Gandhi on 1 April 1973.
[33]
With 23 tiger reserves, Project Tiger claimed to have succeeded.
[33]

But according to critics like conservationist Billy Arjan Singh, temporary increases in tiger
population were caused by immigration due to destruction of habitat in Nepal, not because of the
widely acclaimed success of wildlife policy in India.
[33]

Cyber crime
The Information Technology Act 2000 was passed by the Parliament of India in May 2000,
aiming to curb cyber crimes and provide a legal framework for e-commerce transactions.
[34]

However Pavan Duggal, lawyer of Supreme Court of India and cyber law expert, viewed "The IT
Act, 2000, is primarily meant to be a legislation to promote e-commerce. It is not very effective
in dealing with several emerging cyber crimes like cyber harassment, defamation, stalking and so
on". Although cyber crime cells have been set up in major cities, Duggal noted the problem is
that most cases remain unreported due to a lack of awareness.
[35]

In 2001, India and United States had set up an India-US cyber security forum as part of a
counter-terrorism dialogue.
[36]

Corruption and police misconduct
Main article: Corruption in India
Corruption is widespread in India. It is prevalent within every section and every level of the
society.
[37]
Corruption has taken the role of a pervasive aspect of Indian politics.
[38]
In India,
corruption takes the form of bribes, evasion of tax and exchange controls, embezzlement, etc.
Despite state prohibitions against torture and custodial misconduct by the police, torture is
widespread in police custody, which is a major reason behind deaths in custody.
[39][40]
The police
often torture innocent people until a 'confession' is obtained to save influential and wealthy
offenders.
[41]
G.P. Joshi, the programme coordinator of the Indian branch of the Commonwealth
Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi comments that the main issue at hand concerning police
violence is a lack of accountability of the police.
[42]

In 2006, the Supreme Court of India in a judgment in the Prakash Singh vs. Union of India case,
ordered central and state governments with seven directives to begin the process of police
reform. The main objectives of this set of directives was twofold, providing tenure to and
streamlining the appointment/transfer processes of policemen, and increasing the accountability
of the police.
[43]

In 2006, seven policemen were charge sheeted and eleven were convicted
[3]
for custodial
misconduct. Jan Lokpal Bill is being planned to reduce the corruption.
[44]

Other crimes
Petty crime
Petty crime, like pickpocketing, theft of valuables from luggage on trains and buses have been
reported. Travelers who are not in groups become easy victims of pickpockets and purse
snatchers. Purse snatchers work in crowded areas.
[45]

Confidence tricks
Many scams are perpetrated against foreign travellers, especially in Jaipur, the capital of
Rajasthan.
[46]
Scammers usually target younger foreign tourists and suggest to them that money
can be made by privately transporting gems or gold, or by taking delivery abroad of expensive
carpets, avoiding customs duties.
[46]

Such incidents occupy the traveller for several days. The traveller is then passed to a new scam
artist who offers to show the foreign traveller the sights. Scam artists also offer cheap lodgings
and meals to foreign travellers so they can place him or her in the scam artist's physical custody
and thus make the foreigner vulnerable to threats and physical coercion. In the process, the
foreigner loses his passport.
[46]

Taxi scam
There are also taxi scams present in India, whereby a foreign traveller, who is not aware of the
locations around Indian airports, is taken for a ride round the whole airport and charged for full-
fare taxi ride while the terminal is only few hundred yards away.
[45]
Overseas Security Advisory
Council in a report mentioned the process about how to avoid taxi-scam.
[45]


Crime by locale
Location has a significant impact on crime in India. In 2006, the highest crime rate was reported
in Puducherry (447.7%) for crimes under Indian Penal Code which is 2.7 times the national
crime rate of 167.7%.
[3]
Kerala reported the highest crime rate at 312.5% among states.
[3]

Kolkata (71.0%) and Madurai (206.2%) were the only two mega cities which reported less crime
rate than their domain states West Bengal (79.0%) and Tamil Nadu (227.6%).
[3]
Delhi, Mumbai
and Bangalore have accounted for 16.2%, 9.5% and 8.1% respectively of the total IPC crimes
reported from 35 mega cities.
[3]
Indore reported the highest crime rate (769.1%) among the mega
cities in India followed by Bhopal (719.5%) and Jaipur (597.1%).
[3]

Jammu and Kashmir (33.7%), Manipur (33.0%), Assam (30.4%) and Daman and Diu and
Puducherry (29.4%) reported higher violent crime rate compared to 18.4% at national level.
[3]

Uttar Pradesh reported the highest incidence of violent crimes accounting for 12.1% of total
violent crimes in India (24,851 out of 2,05,656) followed by Bihar with 11.8% (24,271 out of
2,05,6556).
[3]
Among 35 mega cities, Delhi reported 31.2% (533 out of 1,706) of total rape
cases.
[3]
Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest number of rape cases (2,900) accounting for
15.0% of total such cases reported in the country.
[3]
Uttar Pradesh reported 10% (5,480 out of
32,481) of total murder cases in the country and 18.4% (4,997 out of 27,230) total attempt to
murder cases.
[3]

2011 Murder Rate by State in India, per 100,000 persons
State/UT Murder Rate
Arunchal Pradesh 4.7
Bihar 3.1
GOA 3.3
Gujarat 1.9
Haryana 4.2
Jammu & Kashmir 1.3
Kerala 1.1
Maharashtra 2.5
Punjab 3.0
Rajasthan 2.1
Tamil Nadu 2.6
Delhi 3.3

Crime over time


Incidence of cognisable crimes in India 19532007
[1]

A report published by the National Crime Records Bureau compared the crime rates of 1953 and
2006. The report noted that burglary declined over a period of 53 years by 79.84% (from
147,379, a rate of 39.3/100,000 in 1953 to 91,666, a rate of 7.9/100,000 in 2006), murder has
increased by 7.39% (from 9,803, a rate of 2.61 in 1953 to 32,481, a rate of 2.81/100,000 in
2006).
[2]
Kidnapping has increased by 47.80% (from 5,261, a rate of 1.40/100,000 in 1953 to
23,991, a rate of 2.07/100,000 in 2006), robbery has declined by 28.85% (from 8,407, rate of
2.24/100,000 in 1953 to 18,456, rate of 18,456 in 2006) and riots have declined by 10.58% (from
20,529, a rate of 5.47/100,000 in 1953 to 56,641, a rate of 4.90/100,000 in 2006).
[2]

In 2006, 5,102,460 cognisable crimes were committed including 1,878,293 Indian Penal Code
(IPC) crimes and 3,224,167 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes, with an increase of 1.5% over
2005 (50,26,337).
[3]
IPC crime rate in 2006 was 167.7 compared to 165.3 in 2005 showing an
increase of 1.5% in 2006 over 2005.
[3]
SLL crime rate in 2006 was 287.9 compared to 290.5 in
2005 showing a decline of 0.9% in 2006 over 2005.
[3]

Year
[2]

Total cog. crimes
under IPC, per
100,000
Murder per
100,000
Kidnapping per
100,000
Robbery per
100,000
Burglary
per 100,000
1953 160.5 2.61 1.40 2.24 39.3

2006 162.3 2.81 2.07 1.60 7.92

% Change in
2006 over
1953
1.1 7.39 47.80 -28.85 -79.84

SOURCE: National Crime Records Bureau
[2]


Why crime rate increasing in India
There has been a drastic change in the society in the recent years with the increase of crime rate
in India. There is change in the value system, education system which resulted in the crime rate.
That too, juvenile crime is to be considered seriously, these juvenile crimes tells us that we lack
in teaching children on moral values. Education and tradition is the most important aspect which
can resist the society from this onslaught. People who makes crimes are not educated they are
just graduated. There is a difference between education and graduation. Media's influence is
huge on people as they watch crime and violence scenes on screen and even learn how t o
implement it. Media also portray women so obscene which is one of the reason for the increase
of crime against women. They even have an idea that even if they are send to prison they can
come out saying they are so ignorant. Such was the condition of civil system and judicial law in
the country. It is high time children need to be taught moral values and it must begin from home
first.
Often statistics tell a different story from what we perceive and this crime map of India is an
example. While statistics may not necessarily be able to tell the whole truth, but they do give an
insight into aspects that would have been otherwise overlooked. The crime statistics available
with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) are that of reported crimes and many incidents
of crime are never reported.

According to NCRB's Crime in India 2012 report, Kerala, the state that tops in many
development indicators, also reports the highest rate of crimes under the Indian Penal Code
(IPC). At 455.8 per lakh population, the crime figures for Kerala is more than double of the
national average. Nagaland, according to the report, has the lowest crime rate that is only a tenth
of that in Kerala. Among cities, Kochi reports 817.9 incidents of IPC crimes for every lakh
population, the highest in the country.

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Crime
A crime is defined as "an act committed in violation of a law forbidding
it and for which a variety of punishments may be imposed." Crimes are
classified into two basic groups; "mala in se" which are crimes that are evil in
themselves, and "mala prohibitita" which are crimes that are only crimes because
society at the time deems them wrong.
In these days crime is more easy perceived by society. Surveys of
public opinion in the United States show that more and more people believe that
crime is increasing. People feel less safe in their environment and have thus
taken measures to protect themselves.
But is this view accurate? Most of the crime rates from 1973 to 1992
have risen greatly. In 1973 there was a murder every 27 minutes. Now there is a
murder every 22 minutes. The astounding fact is in 1973 there was a violent
crime every 6 minutes but now it has increased to a murder every 16 seconds.
Crime per thousand from between 1983 and 1992 rose 9.4 percent but from 1991 to
1992 it went down 4 percent. In recent years crime has been decreasing.
Property crime, murder, robbery, and burglary have all decreased at least three
percent in recent years but that is not much. There is one exception; rape
which has gone up 3 percent. Violent crime has risen 40.9 since 1983 while in
recent years it has only gone down a tenth of a percent. This may be one of the
reasons people feel less safe. People aren't afraid of larceny or property
crimes. They are afraid of violent crimes, which is why is recent years they
feel insecure.
Many people believe the problem is in the trial system itself. Not
enough people are convicted. In our trial system where you are innocent until
proven guilty and to be proved guilty it must be done beyond reasonable doubt or
preponderance of evidence in civil cases. After it has finally been very well
proven a judge or jury must unanimously decide the criminal is innocent or
guilty or it is...
Indian horror story: College student kidnapped child for 5 lakhs, killed
him
Cities | Edited by Surabhi Malik | Updated: September 25, 2012 15:49 IST
Pune: Like many other teenagers, a 18-year-old college student in Pune was desperate to own a bike.
He decided to earn it in the most grotesque of ways - by kidnapping a five-year-old boy who lived nearby
and asking for a ransom of five lakhs. (Culture of violence rising among teens? Comment Here)

The hotel management student, who the police identify only as Parminder, kidnapped the child, Shubh
Rawal, on Sunday morning, but allegedly killed him a few hours later. To assist him, he had enrolled a
friend who also lived nearby, a Class 10 student.

On Sunday, Shubh, the son of defence scientists, was playing at the mandal set up in his colony for
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Parminder, the college student, offered him a chocolate and took him
to a nearby forest. He then asked Shubh to share his father's phone number, so he could make a call for
ransom. When the child refused, Parminder gagged and then strangled him, says the police.

The Pune police has arrested Parminder and his teen accomplice. The former has been sent to police
custody till October 1.


Face book Casanova held for duping girls
Mumbai : A Facebook casanova, who duped several
teenage girls into parting with cash and jewellery by posing as an NRI on the social networking site,
landed behind bars yesterday.

Vijay Bahadur Khatri (23) is believed to have conned nearly 25 girls by befriending them on Facebook,
claiming that his parents were in the United States and then 'impressing' them by spending a lot of
money during his meetings with them.

He would then make up a cock-and-bull story about him having squandered his parents' money in a
business and say that he needed some money - a few lakh rupees - urgently to show it to his parents,
who would, invariably, be coming in a few days.

"Khatri, who hails from Nepal, used to tell the girls that his parents were in the United States and he had
come to India to study.

"He would befriend them on Facebook, ask to meet them after getting close and then impress them by
wearing good clothes and spending a lot of money on their dates. He would also claim to be a Jain,"
said a police officer.

"He would later tell the girls that he had lost his parents' money in a business, which he couldn't tell
them about, and needed to show a few lakh of rupees to them when they came to India in a few days.

"When the girls said they did not have that much money, he would suggest that they give him their
mother's jewellery, which he would mortgage and return as soon as his parents went back," he added.

The girls would, however, never hear from Khatri again.

The special squad of the Western suburbs arrested Khatri from Kurla after being on his trail for several
months based on the complaint filed by a girl (name withheld) with the Khar police.

The girl's statement read, "Khatri first became a good friend on Facebook. He used to always say that his
parents were in the US and he had come to India to study.

"After meeting me, he convinced me to bring jewellery from my house as he needed some money to
show his parents when they came to India. He had said he would mortgage the jewellery for some time
and then return it to me.

"He stopped answering my calls the day I gave him the jewellery and his phone was perennially switched
off after that," the girl said in her statement.

"Three girls filed an official complaint against Khatri with the police and we have found numbers of 25
other girls on his cellphone. We are now investigating whether he has duped those girls too," said a
police official.

"He was arrested under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and has been remanded to police custody
till July 25," added the official.
IIT aspirant resorts to kidnapping
In another shocking case of teenage crime, a 16-year-old student in Faridabad kidnapped his own 4-
year-old cousin to demand a ransom. A Class 11 student, he was worried, not just about getting into IIT,
but also, how to afford his education there. He was studying hard, taking tuition classes to take the IIT
entrance exam next year.

Since his own family could not afford IIT, as his father is a farmer, the teenager kidnapped his 4-year-old
cousin, whose father is a wealthy property broker in Faridabad.

"My friends suggested that I kidnap my cousin. I needed Rs. 4-5 lakh to fund my IIT education. They said
I could get the money I needed this way,", said Rakesh, accused.

On 4th January, the teenager collected his young cousin and then disappeared. Two days later, the
missing child's father got a call demanding 5 lakhs as ransom.

The voice at the other end was not hard to recognize, it was his own nephew, who was eventually
tracked down in Haryana by the police. Thankfully, the kidnapped four year old was safe.

",We got a call to pick my child from the police station. We then received a call to bring the ransom
money along with us,", said Bhagwan Dubey, Father of kidnapped child.

",Rakesh joined school this year. He is gentle but very intelligent,", said V K Saxena, Rakesh's teacher.

A juvenile court will now decide what happens next. The teenager has been charged of kidnapping.

Juvenile Crime
Overview
Juvenile crimes are crimes committed by individuals under the age of eighteen. Juvenile
offenders, also known as juvenile delinquents, are the fastest growing group of criminals in the
United States. Millions of dollars are spent each year on costs associated with punishing and
rehabilitating juvenile offenders. Many attribute the rise in juvenile crime to the increased
availability of street drugs, growing levels of poverty, and inadequate prevention and
intervention programs in schools.
The Juvenile Justice System
The juvenile justice system strives to rehabilitate and treat juvenile offenders, rather than
incarcerate and remove them from society. As a result, states treat juvenile crimes differently
from crimes committed by adults. On the federal level, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act targets juvenile crimes by assisting state and local governments in providing
preventative services to high-risk youths. Additionally, individual states have enacted their
own statutes to regulate, punish and prevent juvenile delinquency. Depending on the type and
seriousness of the offense, and the offender's age and past record of criminal activity, the state
may prosecute an individual under the age of eighteen as a juvenile or as an adult. If the state
tries the minor as a juvenile, the case will be adjudicated in juvenile court. Juvenile courts
have specific rules and procedures that are unique to the juvenile law system. A majority of
juvenile cases are resolved informally and without a trial. The punishment of juvenile
offenders also differs significantly from the punishment of adult criminals. Because the
juvenile justice system seeks to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents, juvenile courts may impose a
variety of flexible sentences. Punishments include placement in a rehabilitation program,
payment of restitution to victims, imposition of court-determined curfews, mandatory school
attendance, or placement in a juvenile detention facility. Levels of security in juvenile
detention facilities vary depending on the threat that the juvenile poses to the community.
Some juvenile detention centers function as group homes, while others resemble adult prisons.
Even when juveniles are tried as adults, they may still be given the benefit of more lenient
juvenile sentencing laws. Conversely, if a crime is serious, juveniles as young as sixteen may
be sentenced to adult prisons.
Types of Juvenile Crimes
Juveniles are capable of committing the same crimes as adults. However, some acts are
considered delinquent simply because of the offender's status as a minor. These "status"
offenses include underage consumption of alcohol, driving without a license, truancy from
school and running away from home. Status offenses are typically dealt with by social services


agencies and do not require intervention from the juvenile court.
More serious offenses may be charged as felonies or misdemeanors. While minors may be
involved in all types of crime, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) documents three major categories of juvenile crime: violent crimes, crimes against
property and drug-related crimes. Violent crimes are crimes that result in bodily injury, such
as assault, rape and homicide. Property crimes are committed when a juvenile uses force, or
the threat of force, to obtain the property of another. Drug-related crimes involve the
possession or sale of illegal narcotics. Other common juvenile crimes not indexed by the
OJJDP include loitering, vagrancy, vandalism and weapons possession.
A crime is defined as any act that is contrary to legal code or laws. There are many different
types of crimes, from crimes against persons to victimless crimes and violent crimes to white
collar crimes. With each type of crime also come different sociological phenomena and
demographic profiles.


Crimes Against Persons
Crimes against persons, also called personal crimes, include murder, aggravated assault, rape,
and robbery. Personal crimes are unevenly distributed in the United States, with young, urban,
poor, and racial minorities committing these crimes more than others.
Relation between youth and crime
A possible relationship between youth and crime can be that the youth is ambitious, have
dreams and desires and use most of his energy to attain his wants. When youth finds that crime
can act as a shortcut to attain all what he dreams & desires, and that he can get most of all
without much labor and efforts by moving on the path of crime, he is easily dragged towards
it. Also, one reason can be that watching other criminals, their lifestyles (their attitude), their
so called status in society, the youth is greatly fascinated and ultimately finds the crime path
the best option to accomplish the same.
Rise in juvenile crime: Time to recheck social, moral fiber?
With the age of first-time offenders dropping to a new low in the past few years, Speak Up tries to
gauge what drives today's youth to crime.
The involvement of a 20-year-old and a minor in the kidnap and murder of 5-year-old Shubh
Raval has again shifted the focus on the increase in the rate of juvenile crimes in the city.
Speak Up tries to gauge what drives youngsters to commit such crimes...
Deteriorating parent-child relations responsible
In my observation, the reason for the rising trend of criminal
tendencies among youngsters in our society is due to the deteriorating family structure and
parent-child relationship.
The games that todays children play on their cellphones, laptops or personal computers are
full of violence and aggression. Even the TV programmes and movies nowadays are crime
related and have violent content. It is the duty of the parents to check how much of education
value is there in these programmes.
The fact is that todays children have very few options for venting their natural teenage
aggression. There is minimal communication even in friend circles, except for playing games.
In such a scenario, children, especially the youth, do not know where to stop or what are the
consequences of getting involved in criminal activities. Parents are responsible for teaching
their
children how to live a normal life within their limits. I want to say that juveniles involved in
crimes are not criminals, in fact, they are victims of society.
Anuradha Sahasrabuddhe, executive director, Dnyanadevi Childline
Overexposure to media to be blamed for rise in juvenile crime
For the rise in juvenile delinquency, I would blame the media and its overexposure among
children. Todays youth watch crime serials on TV with a lot of interest. Those who have
criminal instincts together with intelligence and need fast money can easily get inspired by
such serials and movies with heavy dose of violence.
Tools like cellphones, motorbikes, laptops, computers, along with branded clothes, have
become to-be-had-at-any-cost for youngsters even if their parents cannot afford or do not want
to buy such things for them.
I would also blame the computer games that the youth play today as they involve a lot of
aggression. Today, violence is being used in media for thrill, which is likely to develop an
urge to kill or hurt, in young minds.
Among parents that come to my clinic, 99.9% have complained of peer pressure and about
their children not having good friends due to which s/he have taken up smoking, drugs,
etc.
Dr Seema Darode, Clinical Psychologist
Absence of love is bound to impact tender minds negatively
The love factor is vanishing very fast from our society. A child who is showered with love and
understanding from his parents and the social circle will never develop criminal tendencies or
get into such activities.
I dont blame the violent content in todays media because violence has always been a way of
our expression of victory of good over evil. From the ancient times, our history has shown that
good and evil have always been depicted together in verbal, written and visual forms.
Today, the same things are shown in our movies or on the Internet. What is missing is love
and empathy. Due to various social and lifestyle constraints, parents are unable to show their
love for their children. Our social structure is becoming less and less conducive to bringing up
a child. Absence of love and understanding is bound to have a negative psychological impact
on tender minds.
Urmila Samson, Parent
Lack of values is another reason for the rise in trend
In my opinion, there are three factors behind the disturbing trend of increasing criminal
tendencies among youngsters in our society. Due to deterioration of family structure, parents
are unable to control their children. Another reason is that value orientation is not happening
and children do not know what role they have to play while mingling in society.
Besides, overexposure to Internet, TV and peer pressure are increasing the childrens
curiosity. For example, if parents indulge in partying, drinking, or smoking, etc., it is naturally
going to affect their children. There are a lot of checks and controls that parents can use while
bringing up children and it all depends on how they use these control mechanisms.
Todays children are highly privileged as whatever they want is made available to them by
their parents and because of this they are losing social sensitivity. The habit of reading has
almost vanished among youngsters; they are learning whatever is being shown in movies, TV
or on Internet.
Deepak Walokar, Director,
Karve Institute of Social Services
Judge them on the basis of the crime, not their age
Yes, juvenile crime rate has increased in Pune. Our children are unsafe. In my sons case, his
friend was the one who planned the whole thing. Similarly, in Shubhs case, the suspects were
known to the family and the boy who provided information about Shubh is a minor.
Nowadays, parents are pampering their wards by giving them pocket money . Due to this
children start thinking that money is everything and they can buy anything with it. This kind
of an attitude is leading to rise in criminal tendencies among juveniles. These young criminals
are let off after a few years in remand home because of their age, but the acts that they commit
are no less than one committed by a historysheeter.
In such cases, a suspects age should not be considered, in fact, his offence should be taken
into consideration while sentencing. The parents of such children are working and are unable
to give time to their wards. They do not even have time to impart some moral or cultural
values to their children. Rise in such crimes in Pune is destroying the citys reputation.

Statistics




About Victims
44% of victims are under age 18
80% are under age 30
Sexual Assault Numbers
Every 2 minutes, another American is sexually assaulted
There is an average of 237,868 victims (age 12 or older) of sexual assault each year
Reporting to Police
60% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police
97% of rapists will never spend a day in jail
About Rapists
Approximately 2/3 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim
38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance
Increasing Crime Among Youth

Jump to: navigation, search Crime is present in various forms in India. Organized crime include drug
trafficking, gunrunning, money laundering, extortion, murder for hire, fraud, human trafficking poaching
and Prostitution. Many criminal operations engage in black marketeering, political violence, religiously
motivated violence, terrorism, and abduction. Other crimes are homicide, robbery, assault etc. Property
crimes include burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Corruption is a significant problem.

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e2 Crime by locale

3.3 Gang Rape
3.4 Sexual Harassment
3.5 Dowry
3.6 Child Marriage
3.7 Female infanticides and sex selective abortions
3.8 Domestic violence
4 Illegal drug trade
5 Arms trafficking
6 Poaching and wildlife trafficking
7 Cyber crime
8 Corruption and police misconduct
9 Crimes against foreigners in India
9.1 Petty crime
9.2 Passport theft
9.3 Confidence tricks
9.4 Taxi scam
9.5 Rape and sexual assault
9.6 Murder and manslaughter
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links


[edit] Crime over time
Incidence of cognizable crimes in India 1953-2007[1]A report published by the National Crime Records
Bureau compared crime rate from 1953 to 2006. The report noted that burglary declined over a period
of 53 years by 38% (from 147,379 in 1953 to 91,666 in 2006), whereas murder has increased by 231%
(from 9,803 in 1953 to 32,481 in 2006).[2] Kidnapping has increased by 356% (from 5,261 in 1953 to
23,991 in 2006), robbery by 120% (from 8,407 in 1953 to 18,456 in 2006) and riots by 176% (from
20,529 in 1953 to 56,641 in 2006).[2]

In 2006, 51,02,460 cognizable crimes were committed including 18,78,293 Indian Penal Code (IPC)
crimes and 32,24,167 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes, with an increase of 1.5% over 2005
(50,26,337).[3] IPC crime rate in 2006 was 167.7 compared to 165.3 in 2005 showing an...
Stop juvenile crime in India
Be it a boy who brutally stabbed his father, step mother and his step brother and celebrated the
victory and execution of his plans by eating sweets or two sixteen year old boys in Kolkata who
raped their friend sister and then casually left for playing football or the MMS scandal of two
students in Delhi, all fall under the preview of juvenile crime. Juvenile crime has become a
global spurting problem. Today juvenile crimes are increasing at an alarming rate. And so do in
India it has become a major problem that demands immediate attention and control measures.
It is very important to first state what is juvenile crime? Children falling into any extreme bad
habits, crimes, ill practises and unacceptable social behaviour are said to come under called
juvenile crime. It extends from stealing, beating, bashing, and murder to sexual activities
Today more and more children are committing crimes in India. The statistics of juvenile crime
boosted up from 21,088 in 2006 to 22,865 in 2007. India has seen 8.4% increases in the number
of juvenile crime in 2007. Out of this, 7,498 were theft followed by 4,832 for hurts, 3,744 for
burglary and 2,231 for riots. Madhya Pradesh reported the highest 5,089 number of juvenile
crimes in the country followed by 4,499 in Maharashtra and 1,864 in Gujarat.
It is very important to ascertain the factor or the causes that propels innocent children to commit
such crimes.
Today joint familys does not exist and in nuclear family there is less supervision on child as
both the parent are usually working. Thus ignorance, spending less quality time with child, bad
and influential peer group is leading to such kind of crimes. Sometimes violence or stressful
atmosphere of home leads to a vacuum in the minds of children. There is a feeling of
helplessness and in affection that grows within them. Thus to avoid such mood they retort to
criminal behaviour. Childhood period is a risky period. It is very delicate period which decide
the remaining future of the child thus any lack to supervision can distort the future of the child
completely.
It is not only small children that indulge in such crimes but also adolescents. Children are often
rebelling at this stage in life they need to be treated with objective reasoning thus any sort of
forceful attitude towards them makes them aggressive.
The other factors that cause these crimes are psychological problem, nurturing defect, addiction
of alcohol or drugs, stress- strain, social disorganization etc.
Media has played a very vital role in badly affecting the children by exposing them to violent
activities on TV channel and game shows. Thus this makes them rebellious. Apart from this the
child are expose to sex and sex related programmes on TV sets that also influences them to a
very large extend.
Juvenile crime cuts across through all social economic section of the society. The ratio of the
children of the rich to the children of the poor is the same.
It is high time that measures needs to be taken to prevent innocent children from indulging into
hideous crimes.
Firstly parents should spent quality and quantity time with children. They should develop a
healthy balanced communication and relationship with them. Children at early age consume
everything and anything easily thus parents should avoid watching them violent and aggressive
shows. Secondly sex education should be provided to them at the school level to prevent them
into getting any wrongdoings. Apart from one should let the thoughts of a child float freely so as
to motivate and inspire him/her.
At an individual level one can undertake such measures.
Apart from this care should be taken of the juvenile delinquents who stay in such children home
care. Proper food, education, sports, health programmes and counselling should be provided to
the children to motivate them to do something good in their life and never indulge into such
crime again. But today something opposite is happening in India today. The environment of such
home care are not good therefore the ones who are inside turns into bigger criminals ones they
are out.
The government came up with Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000 talks
about juvenile crime in detail and covers all aspects. But again government has failed to control
this in India as the statistics are rising at an alarming rate.