Emotional Intelligence and Juvenile Delinquency: A Nexus with Crime Mohanty Amrita1, Nanda Hiranmaya2 1Research Scholar, Faculty of Management Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 2Assistant Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Online published on 7 February, 2018. Abstract The present study is based on emotional intelligence and juvenile delinquency of a child which fertile to procure and deliver a crime in the society. A man is not born criminal but the surrounding circumstances build the man to commit a crime. Different factors like parent child relationship, education, surroundings and standard of living are the few reasons for the juvenile delinquency. The behavioral changes of a juvenile also depend on its physical and mental status. Emotional intelligence is one such ability in which emotions of a human being can be managed or fabricated to use it in necessary or an evil path respectively. Top Keywords Emotional intelligence (EI), juvenile delinquency, offender, behavior, crime. Top |