Rehabilitation Model Of Juvenile Justice: Some Reflections

Dr. Hilal Ahmad Najar, Sr. Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir

ABSTRACT

The juvenile justice system is premised on two-fold belief that juveniles in conflict with law are immature and salvageable. Different theoretical explanation has been extended for crime causation of young offenders. Likewise, different theory based Models (approaches) have been devised to best address the deviance among the young offenders. Among all models, the rehabilitation model has been affirmed as the most suitable to redeem the childhood among the young deviants. The present juvenile justice system is not exclusively premised on the rehabilitation model but it is also equally true that devoid of it, it will remain a “youth criminal justice” in action. This paper is an attempt to trace the trajectory of rehabilitative model and its inevitable importance in the juvenile justice system.

Keywords: Rehabilitation Model, Juvenile Justice, Progressive era, juvenile delinquents, models