Introduction
In a time when the common idiom ‘kids not acting their age’ has a different connotation altogether, the laws regarding juvenile delinquency have suddenly been pushed to the spotlight. This can be attributed to the belief that the graph of criminal activity by juveniles is constantly increasing. The tipping point of the same was the gang rape of a young paramedic on the ghastly night of December 16, 2012 a juvenile being one of the six perpetrators. The incident triggered nation’s woes leading to a heated debate between child right activists for maintaining the status quo, i.e. maximum punishment of three years and the general public demanding retributive justice for the barbaric crimes committed by juveniles. As a result, The
In a time when the common idiom ‘kids not acting their age’ has a different connotation altogether, the laws regarding juvenile delinquency have suddenly been pushed to the spotlight. This can be attributed to the belief that the graph of criminal activity by juveniles is constantly increasing. The tipping point of the same was the gang rape of a young paramedic on the ghastly night of December 16, 2012 a juvenile being one of the six perpetrators. The incident triggered nation’s woes leading to a heated debate between child right activists for maintaining the status quo, i.e. maximum punishment of three years and the general public demanding retributive justice for the barbaric crimes committed by juveniles. As a result, The