The Failures of Juvenile Offender Reformation System in India
THE FAILURES OF JUVENILE OFFENDER REFORMATION SYSTEM IN INDIA Alisha Syali, 2nd Year, B.A.LLB(Hons.) from Amity Law School, Delhi Editorial Note: This blog post seeks to identify the problems which have arisen in the operations of the juvenile justice system in India and attempts to recommend possible solutions which can remedy the cracks evident in the system. The author proposes that the system should be oriented towards reformation of juveniles as a means to reduce juvenile delinquency rates. Post the 2012 Nirbhaya incident in New Delhi, there rose an outcry across the nation since one of the accused in the heinous crime was a juvenile, just months short of adulthood, and was subsequently released after spending 3 years in a juvenile home. There was a unified demand across the country that the law pertaining to juvenile justice should be more stringent. Statistics related to juvenile crimes suggest that it is time for the failures of the Juvenile Justice (Care a