Juvenile delinquency - an antisocial phenomenon

• Author: Cristian Crisan
• Position: AGORA University
• Pages: 99-104

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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY – AN ANTISOCIAL

PHENOMENON

Cristian Crişan

AGORA University

Abstract:

In order to efficiently fight against the juvenile delinquency, an educational

– coercive intervention is necessary, coming form certain specialised institution of

the state, exercised by a strict social control, and in cases of exception, in closed

institutions, especially created, profiled on a correspondent educational system, of

professional preparation and moral, on a period that could be individualised by the

courts of law, depending on the gravity of the deed and the individual

particularities of the minor.

The educational institutions must co-operate in a great matter with the

family, the community institutions and all the factors that are involved in the

educational system of the society. The education must respond to the actual and

future social professional units, so that all the young would be able to enter in the

working field.

Within the general education there must be certain moral, juridical,

educational activities and also programs that would prevent and fight the

antisocial phenomena.

When we observe a negative change in the underage behaviour, we must

motivate him/her in order to solve the problem that he or she confronts, and if the

situation seems to get out of control, we must address to those who can be helpful

(teachers, policemen, non governmental organisations etc.) that can counsel and

support the solving of problems.

Key words: juvenile delinquency, family environment, social and juridical

norms.

This phenomena, named in the specific literature as “juvenile delinquency”,

confronts a large debate in different fields like: psychology, sociology, law,

medicine etc. This one has many denominations: the medical concept used:

“children with deviation of conduct”, the sociological term “non adapted young”,

the juridical term “infant delinquents”, the psycho-educational term “problem

children”. The juvenile delinquency problem consists in all the social norms

breaking, done by underage, which are sanctioned as crimes.

In the juridical Romanian system, the penal responsibility of the minors is

different, according to the age, as: the underage that have reached the age of 14 do

not criminally respond, for these there are certain measures like institutional re-

education centres; the underage between the age of 14 and 16 criminally respond,