Delinquency, Development, and Social Integration in India

Bibliographic Data

ID2484331
AuthorsClayton A Hartjen (Rütgers (Germany), corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume29
Issue5
Pages464-473
Publication date1982-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/800396
OpenAlexW1994379513
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited24

This paper attempts to explain findings from a study of juvenile delinquency carried out by myself and S. Priyadarsini in India during 1978. In contrast to countries like the United States, delinquency in India is not considered to be a major problem by adults or correctional officials, and delinquency rates have remained low. Several socio-economic features of Indian society, such as the interpersonal ties of family and the social requirements of an agrarian-scarcity economy, ensure that young people are integrated into the dominant social system and deter the development of an adolescent subculture separate from adult society. As integral elements of the socio-economic structure of the country, Indian youth are neither oriented to normative violations nor are they perceived by adults as “outsiders” in need of formal control

Criminology · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Psychology

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