Socio-cultural factors and young sexual offenders: A case study of Western Madhya Pradesh (India)

Abstract

Young sexual offenders claim that there are various factors that made them offenders. By playing the blaming game, they try to protect their self-esteem and diffuse responsibilities for their offensive behavior. The aim of this study is to analyze the situation they faced, which they claim made them offenders. An attempt has also been made to analyze how their socio-cultural and family system of punishment as well as their moral education compelled them to control their behavior and over come from the guilt feelings, they suffered after their offensive behaviors. © 2008 A B Academic Publishers.