IMPACT OF FAMILY DISORGANIZATION ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AMONG INDIANS FROM LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP

Abstract

A family is the building block of the society and is responsible for developing and carving the character of the child and his contribution to the society. But when this family get disrupted or disorganized then there can be seen a huge impact on the child’s behavior and character sometimes making him involve into unfair practices that harm him as well as the society he lives in collectively. Family disorganization like divorce, fights, separation and many other can lead to emotional distress in the child for a long term and ultimately leading him to do unfavorable activities and disrupting the harmony in the environment they exist. For e.g.- school, tuition, society etc. This study aims at studying such behavior and more importantly the effect of family disharmony on illegal behavior of the children especially belonging to the low socioeconomic status. This study will further help in researches to find out various means to soothe out such disorganization in family so as to reduce the juvenile delinquency.