Increasing Juvenile Crime...
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INCREASING JUVENILE CRIME - A WARNING FOR
SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM
TRINH THI KIM NGOC
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Abstract: The children in conflict with the laws are present in many countries.
However, in recent years, the "social climate" in Vietnam has "hot" by the rapidly
increasing juvenile crime’s cases. It is an alarm for the social sustainable development
in Vietnam.
In dealing with this case, the Government have implemented different
policies and legislations to ensure the children’s holistic development, especially their
personal development and social responsibility. But this is not the task of the
Government or social order organizations only. This is also a special social challenge
closely related to every family, school and community
for managing and educating
juvenile in the healthy life, helping them to accumulate creative skills, open for them
new development opportunities.
Key words: juvenile crime, social problems, challenges for sustainable social
development,
family education, social responsibility.
Introduction
The minors violating laws are present in
many countries. However, the "social climate"
in Vietnam has never become "hot" by the
increasing juvenile crime’s cases in recent
years, despite quantitative comparison of
juvenile crime
of the same age group with
many other countries, the number is not
extremely severe. But the social concern is
not for the
number of criminals or the
dangerous level caused by juvenile crime
for the community. The main social concern
is for the increasing unwanted social
problems, in association with the responsibility
of each citizen for the country's future,
when one part of the young generation is
now not growing
in line with standards of
modern social civilization and progression
and with the fine and humanism of the
Vietnamese traditional culture. In particular,
the minors still have a very long future and
there are many
opportunities for them to
promote their capacity and potential for
social development. This young human
resource is the national asset for the country
at present and in the future.
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However, the
minors commit crime, even due to an ebullient
action in a certain time of physiological
sensitivity, then their development opportunities
will be affected and they will become
vulnerable.
In those cases, if parents and
educators, or policymakers don’t show
intelligent behaviors with the minors, they
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Assoc. Prof., Dr., Institute of Human Studies.