AbstractJuvenile delinquency is an emerging social issue that has a deterrent effect on social law and order. Itgrabbed the attention of many educators, experts, and several law enforcement agencies. This researchaims to explore juvenile delinquency in Odisha under different crime heads according to Indian PenalCode (IPC) and various percentage changes between the years 2003 to 2021. The basic motto of thepresent study is exploring the crimes committed by minors (Children in conflict with law). Accordingto the statistical report by NCRB -The total cognizable crime rates are gradually spouting day by day.The crime rates for two decades of report showed that the significant changes have been reported from2003 to 2021. The total number of cognizable crimes recorded in 2021 had increased more than 5times in the past 2 decades. The NCRB report of 2016 showed the drastic increase of juvenile crimerates in different crime heads. Several crimes committed by the juveniles have been added in 2016 asdelinquent activities that were not mentioned in the previous reports. A clear distinction is found inthe data of the 2008 report and the 2016 report of the crimes committed by the juveniles. The rate andseverity of major heinous crimes have also increased than it was before like the rate of conviction inthe crime of murder has doubled within the year gap from 2008 to 2016, crime of rape has been sixtimes increased, and kidnapping has increased 5 times more than before. Theft, Dacoity, robbery andburglary rates in Odisha went up in a progressive manner in recent years.The study will help to findout in analyzing the type of crimes and rate of crimes committed by the children in conflict with lawin Odisha. This study will also help to promote several awareness or intervention programs at theindividual level or government level.
Panda et al. (Thu,) studied this question.