Adolescence Offence and Social Responsibilities: Perspective Upper Class Boys in Bangladesh

ABSTRACT: Adolescence offence among upper-class boys remains shrouded in mystery. So scanty is our knowledge of this group that a public image of the upper-class adolescent is non-existent, and neither the barest trace nor suspicion is available of him as delinquent. Although the hard knot of delinquency (behavior that is apt to try any public tolerance) is located in the bottom levels of the working class, limited studies (using selfreported techniques) have revealed delinquency throughout the class structure. But nothing is known about the delinquency of boys who attend expensive private schools. The purpose of this paper is to study Bangladeshi upper class adolescents’ involvement in different violent and criminal activities and their growing tendency to commit acts of violence in high schools and the reasons behind them. This study therefore aims to provide such data by attempting to understand the different influential factors that are closely related with the involvement of adolescence offence in Bangladesh. This study is based on primary data of 200 upper class adolescents who are involved in different criminal activities of Dhaka city, 40 parents, 30 secondary school teachers, 20 social workers and on review of secondary literatures. After collecting the data they are transcribed, tabulated and analyzed in terms of the research objectives. This study shows that parents’ detachment, low internet cost, social media, reluctantness of law and enforcement agencies and friends’ influence play the most important role on upper class adolescence offence. This study also recommends some ways to mitigate this problem.
KEY WORDS: adolescence, violence, social responsibility, mental health etc.