Juvenile Justice as a Part of Child and Adolescent Care

Juvenile justice has been given some shape with Juvenile Justice Act 2000 AD. Persons dealing withchildren need to sensitize themselves with this Act. One needs to know the provisions made, tounderstand whether it is being properly implemented. Only on observing it being implemented, can oneget insight into the problems inherent in it, and if one knows the problems, one can suggestimprovements in the Act. Even if the law gives adequate guidelines, institutions are still needed to lookafter the children in distress or children in conflict with law. For successful compliance of Court orders,and to punish violators, monitoring bodies need to be set up, who should be given legal powers as well.Effective child protection and development depends on skills, knowledge and judgment of allprofessionals, personnel and staff working with children.