International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 2 1 2013 January 14 Juvenile Justice - A Hard Look 38 40 EN Jha G.M. 1 BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus, NH 17/B, Zuarinagar, Goa, INDIA Agrawal A. 2 Gupta A. 3 Mishra A.K. 4 Clark April K. 1 Department of Political Science, Purdue University-Calumet, Indiana, UNITED STATES Clark Michael 2 Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, UNITED STATES Monzin Daniel 3 Res. Asst., Dept. of Political Science, Purdue University-Calumet, Indiana, UNITED STATES Das Chandra Kanta 1 Raghunathganj High School, Raghunathganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal, INDIA Cheepi Pullaiah 1 Department of Economics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, INDIA Shannikodi Ashwini 1 School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, INDIA Asagi Renuka E. 1 Department of MSW Karnataka State Women’s University Bijapur, Karnataka, INDIA Kazi Dr S.A. 2 Dept. of Social Work and dean of Social sciences, Karnataka State Women’s University Bijapur, Karnataka, INDIA Waghamode R.H. 1 Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad, Karnataka, INDIA Desai Bhavana 2 Kalyan J.L. 3 Haveripeth Prakash D. 1 Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad, Karnatak, INDIA > Research Article 2012 12 21 2013 January 14 Juvenile Justice in India is governed by the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. It is a successor to the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 and has been enacted to correct glaring loopholes that were a characteristic feature of its predecessor, through entirely not without failings of its own. These statutes have been enacted in the recent past with not even a time gap of a quarter of a century as against present times. This chapter explores the situation of juvenile justice in India. The paper focuses on the issue of age determination – possibly the biggest loophole when it comes to misusing the statute that was legislated with the intent of being child friendly and the objective of meeting the requirements of conventions on the rights of the child. Copyright@ International Science Community Association