Adolescent crime in Bangladesh

by S. M. Mostak Ahmed
June 17, 2010

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Bangladesh is passing through a time when social stability is breaking down in proportion to any time. Bangladesh is facing different types of problems like malnutrition, unemployment problem, terrorism, corruption, political violence that are signed as major and silent problem. But a social violence like adolescent crime is not silent today. It has spread top to bottom in the society. The incident of hostile and anti- social activities like smuggling, snatching, trafficking, extortions, murdering in broad daylight are increasing day by day. Because of various reasons, some adolescent are involving in these activities. These teenagers have no sufficient knowledge about what is right or what is wrong. They generally offend becoming emotional or hope of being famous in the society or influenced by exemplary intention.

As Bangladesh stands on a poor base economic condition, a constant problem like poverty play a vital role to involve in anti-social activities of the adolescent. Because of the poverty, a major part of our children are deprived of their basic needs. Most of the children do not get sufficient food or balanced diet. This is why they suffer from many fatal diseases that lead them physical or mental disorder. It has seldom opportunity to rehabilitate them in proper time.

As a result they suffer from one kind of frustration that works as a catalyst to occur criminal activities. They also become unaccustomed to normal life and a negative intention towards society is grown up among them. This kind of scene is found mostly in the slum environment like Dhaka and Chittagong city of Bangladesh. Most of the slum children don't able to enjoy educational facility. Becoming uneducated they become a burden to the society. They never engage themselves in any better jobs. Consequently the poverty drives them very much. So, when they become adult they want to survive their existence and fulfill their desire in any way. Thus they involve different types of social crime like stealing, snatching, trifling, taking drugs etc.

Nowadays adolescent crime is increasing globally. Several types of causes are responsible for it. The causes of increasing of adolescent crime vary from country to country. Acute poverty, political instability and breaking down of family ties are the main causes of adolescent crime. Apart from the prevailing causes, religious discord also works as a catalyst to increase the tendency of adolescent crime.

Social researchers Zahidur Rahman Belal said, "Parents must be careful about the behavior of their children to develop mental and physical health of the children". Social scientist Altaf Hossain Mahbub thinks, "Along with education it is crying need to manage sound entertainment for the children to grow up a sound mind."

Some internal factors of the family also teach them becoming aggressive that may create an adverse response to their soft mind. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallan Foundation, a lead NGO in Bangladesh that works with children has found that conjugal dispute of the parents, familial chaos, physical torture in trifling matter etc. create to grow a negative outlook of the adolescent that paves the way involving criminal activities. Instead of going to school or practicing games and sports and enjoying creative entertainment, they enjoy vulgar programms that shown on numerous satellite TV channels which directly or indirectly play a role to take them towards crime.

Unwell practice of politics in Bangladesh helps them to grow a criminal tendency. They are often used as a puppet of the hand of the political leaders. In some cases it is found that some teenagers who come from rich and educated family also involve in crime because of loneliness in the family as their parents go out in the early days at their workplace and come back late at night. This kind of couple's children can easily get opportunity to occur any harmful activities like crime. Consequently, they become a previously convicted step by step.

Nowadays adolescent crime is increasing globally. Several types of causes are responsible for it. The causes of increasing of adolescent crime vary from country to country. Acute poverty, political, instability and breaking down of family ties are the main causes of adolescent crime. Apart from this prevailing causes, religious discord that works as a catalyst to increase the tendency of adolescent crime.

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