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Unit 23: Identification, Causes, Problems of Backward and Delinquent Children

• There may be some physiological factors are responsible of delinquency. These are as follows: Notes
1. Heredity Factors; 2. Environmental Factors; 3. School Environment; 4. Physical Constitutional
Factors and 5. Psychological Factors.
• Heredity Factors: In some of the studies, it has been found that the heredity also contributes
for deliquency. The children may get certain delinquency-tendencies form their parents
(heredity) who are suffering from epilepsy etc. Certain inherited physical defects may also give
rise to delinquency.
• Environmental factors: The following factors play an important part in causing delinquency.
(1) The poor socio-economic status of the family e.g. 'hunger and starvation tempt people to
tread the easy devilish path of crime.' Primary needs are not fulfilled. (2) Unemployment for
long time may lead to anti-social behaviour like stealing or getting money through using illegal
acts.
• School Environment:A child enters in school after his home and family environment. The
teacher is an ideal for the students. The following factors may causes for delinquency. (1) Teacher-
behaviour is not impartial. He favours some of the students and his behaviour not sympathic
for the students, may cause for delinquency.
• Physical Constitutional Factors: The physical deformities of a child may be one the reason for
delinquency. The defects of body organs make the child sensitive and emotional.
• Psychological Factors: Freud 'Psycho-analysis' is the significant factors for delinquency. The
mental retardation development of glands, emotional unstability and mental diseases are the
factors of delinquency.
• Causative Factors: These are classified into two major categories: (A) Primary Factors and (B)
Secondary Factors
• The delinquent children have destructive and aggressive nature, people do not want to talk
them, and do not want to keep any relation with them, so the delinquent children feel lonely.
They are socially "boycott".
• They feel depressed and again do more crimes and destruction.
• The physical deformities of a child may be one the reason for delinquency. The defects of body
organs make the child sensitive and emotional.
• Freud 'Psycho-analysis' is the significant factors for delinquency. The mental retardation
development of glands, emotional unstability and mental diseases are the factors of delinquency.
Causative Factors: (A) Primary Factors and (B) Secondary Factors.

23.9 Keywords

• Observation : The act of watching somebody carefully for a period of time, especially to
learn
• Chronological : arranged in the order in which they happened.
• Personality : The various aspects of a person's character that combine to make them different
from other people.
• Postural : Connected with the way you hold your body when standing or sitting.

23.10 Review Questions

1. What are the different methods for identification?
2. What are the causes of backwardness?
3. Give educational provisions of backward children.
4. What are the problems of backward children?
5. Write the identification and causes of delinquent children.
6. What are the prevention from delinquency?

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