Incorporation of Diversion Process and Alternative Measures for Youthful Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System of Bangladesh

Abstract

Juvenile Justice System of Bangladesh has remained deliberately under-addressed. This is primarily not because of inadequacy or deficiency of legal standards. Over the years, the provisions of laws concerning justice system for children have not been implemented; the mechanisms designed therein have not been activated. Resultantly, the children of Bangladesh in conflict with the law have miserably suffered. In the context of such background, the present study has been carried out to assess all the interventions made and progresses achieved so far, to have clear understanding of the current status of the existing system in order to analyze the challenges for identifying ways out by incorporating alternative measures and diversionary process in the juvenile justice system of Bangladesh.