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 2003–2004 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 RateArunchal Pradesh 4.7Bihar 3.1GOA 3.3Gujarat 1.9Haryana 4.2Jammu & Kashmir 1.3Kerala 1.1Maharashtra 2.5Punjab 3.0Rajasthan 2.1Tamil Nadu 2.6Delhi 3.3

Crime over time

Incidence of cognisable crimes in India 1953–2007[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 39.32006 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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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 kidnappingIn 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 responsibleIn 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 today’s 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 today’s 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. Today’s 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 don’t blame the violent content in today’s 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 children’s 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.

Today’s 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 ageYes, juvenile crime rate has increased in Pune. Our children are unsafe. In my son’s case, his friend was the one who planned the whole thing. Similarly, in Shubh’s 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 suspect’s 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 city’s 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 Rape3.4 Sexual Harassment3.5 Dowry3.6 Child Marriage3.7 Female infanticides and sex selective abortions3.8 Domestic violence4 Illegal drug trade5 Arms trafficking6 Poaching and wildlife trafficking7 Cyber crime8 Corruption and police misconduct

9 Crimes against foreigners in India 9.1 Petty crime9.2 Passport theft9.3 Confidence tricks9.4 Taxi scam9.5 Rape and sexual assault9.6 Murder and manslaughter10 See also11 Notes12 References13 Further reading14 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 family’s 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 one’s 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.