WILL LEARNING DISABILITY LEAD OUR CHILDREN TO DELINQUENCY?

Author Name: Dr. A. Shyamala Devi

Volume/Issue: 01/01

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2021-35658699/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Madras, Chennai, India

ABSTRACT

The history of juvenile delinquency suggested a correlation between antisocial behavior and lack of success at school. The first link between learning disability and delinquency basically constitutes a social-psychological explanation. The second theoretical rationale linking learning disability with delinquency is more biologically based than the first. To explain the relationship discovered between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency, Dunivant has formulated five hypotheses, they are: the school failure hypothesis, the susceptibility hypothesis, the differential arrest hypothesis, the differential adjudication hypothesis and the differential disposition hypothesis. There are some studies which do not support the link between learning disability and juvenile delinquency. It is also important to keep in mind that research has indicated that numerous factors other than learning disability might put individuals at risk for delinquency. Since most the research work have been done in other countries and not in India regarding the link between learning disability and juvenile delinquency, there is no proof to support that learning disability will lead our children to a life of delinquents with special reference to Indian setting. Captivating the seriousness of the problem, prevention and intervention measures must be taken to overcome learning disability and thereby reducing the risk of delinquent behavior among children in future.

Key words: Disability, Delinquency, Correlation, Antisocial