A Study of Some of the Socio-Psychological Factors among the Adolescent Criminals

Abstract

Human society is confronted with criminals and they have been presenting problems in all the societies and in all the ages. No society has ever been successful in making all its individuals to conform to its norms. The problems which these criminals present are of various types and have different causes. Despite the centuries of interest in crime, it is only within the past century that men have sought to study scientifically the factors underlying criminal behaviour. Gradually many studies have come up considering various aspects of crime. Present study is an attempt to study some socio-psychological factors in relation to adolescent criminals.

Keywords: Socio-Psychological Factors, Adolescent, Criminals