Screening for violence risk assessment of juveniles in a reformatory school in a capital city of Central India

Abstract

Juveniles of today will become the adults of tomorrow, the face of the world. Hence, it is of utmost importance to make sure that the  youth of nation are given a wholesome protected environment to thrive and grow in. It has been recommended that the juvenile  delinquents should be given special care and their psychological and risk assessments should be done to prevent recidivism in future.  The main purpose of this study is to carry out violence assessment of juvenile delinquents. We also wish to address the juvenile  related factors associated with violence risk. All willing inmates who gave their consent for participation were included in our study.  Both male and female inmates of the reformatory schools were studied for violence risk assessment screening. We used the violence  risk screening questionnaire (V-RISK-10). The assessment of juveniles in the remand home revealed that 100 boys were at low risk  for violence, 20 (15.9%) were at moderate risk and 6(4.8%) were at high risk. The individuals with moderate risk for violence will be  subjected to more detailed violence risk assessment. Violence can be prevented in many cases by building strategies addressing the  underlying cause of violence. Thus, by proper counselling of aggressive individuals we can combat violence.