JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Assalamuallaikum Wr. Wb.

Respected Adjudicators,

Ladies and gentlemen,

My fellow-participants,

Dear friends,

I thank you all for giving me the chance to stand here awhile to deliver a short speech on Juvenile Delinquency.

Juvenile Delinquency is defined as crime of not a very serious kind committed by young people. It includes abusive speech and manners, inter-gang fighting, absenteeism, insubordination, extortion, free-sex involvement, sexual harassment, drug addiction, and such like. Because no juvenile laws has been clearly established, these crimes can then bring about dangerous impacts on the doers themselves, the surroundings, and more terribly, the crimes may greatly be possible to kindle fearful criminality, to distort their physical, mental, and intellectual development, to destroy their future, and by all means to extremely hinder the nation building of our beloved country.

It is necessary to have a profound look at the causes, to find out protective ways, and to overcome the phenomena.

In accordance with the research, crimes committed by young people are triggered by the wrong process of socialization with all members of a family, a school, and an outer environment. Families and schools in most cases are lacking in creating effective and warm communication, giving direct and concrete examples of good behavior and ethics, practicing religious upbringing, uplifting young people to be creative, arousing inspiring environment and, especially for schools, strengthening academic atmosphere.

The government, in its attempts to eliminate the phenomena, doesn’t only seem to have strong law enforcement, qualified education, and preventive actions but also lacks good and accountable coordination among such a number of directly related ministries as The Ministry of National Education, The Ministry of Religion, The Ministry of Law and Human Rights, The Ministry of Health, the ministry of social affairs, The Police Force, and other related institutions. In addition, the negative side of the outer environment—wrong socialization worsened by apathetic surroundings—gives a significant influence on the increasing of moral hazard. Last but not least, a great number of youngsters remain having little self-control over dangers.

Protecting young people from committing delinquency is not an easy task; however, this can be well done by a strong will from all interrelated parties to avoid awful influences through warm and friendly communication among members of a family, direct practice of a good family culture, wise parental control over juvenile activities, active attention from the government, intense awareness of outer environment, and excellent self-control.

Effective handling should be promptly taken in case of the occurrence of moral hazard within young people. It calls for extra efforts and time to cope with such trouble. Recovery can be hopefully gained as long as all endeavors and support are carried out on the basis of love, trust, and patience. More importantly, the victim must have strong confidence to be resilient to change.

Nothing more essential than continual cooperation among all family members, educational institutions, the government, and the environment to go hand in hand for the sake of the bright future of the next generation.

Thank you

Assalamuallaikum Wr. Wb.