Int.J. Hum. Soc. Dev. Res. ISSN (P):2521-1439; ISSN (E):2523-4331 Volume 3, № 2, 2019. 50-64 DOI:10.30546/2523-4331.2019.3.2.50 www.ijhsdr.com 50 KEYWORDS Juvenile Delinquency, Psycho- social Causes, Child Dragged into Crime ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 21/03/2019 Accepted: 17/08/2019 Published online: 03/10/2019 A PSYCHO-SOCIAL INVESTIGATION ON THE CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Aslı YAYAK Bursa Technical University,Turkey Burcu TURK Haliç University, Turkey Nurcan HAMZAOGLU Yeni Yüzyıl University, Turkey © The Author(s) 2019 Abstract Crime is a phenomenon that has continued since the emergence of people. The concept of crime, which is defined as the action punished by the law, has been used with the concept of child in recent years. Juvenile delinquency is the crime of under-18s, suggesting the existence of a social problem. Therefore, in order to solve the problem, it is important to consider and evaluate the psycho-social factors that cause the problem. For this purpose, in this study, an investigation was made on the psycho-social causes of juvenile delinquency. The phenomenon of child dragged into crime, which is used to indicate that the child himself is a victim, has been widely used in our country's agenda since the beginning of 2000s. There are many individual, familial and environmental factors that lead children to crime in juvenile delinquency. Parameters such as child / adolescent substance / alcohol use status, age, intelligence gender, psychological status can be counted as individual (psychological) factors; and the reasons such as economic difficulties, family disintegration after divorce, some physical losses in the family, weak family ties, presence of individuals involved in crime among family members can be considered as familial factors that lead the child to crime. As to environmental factors causing crime; the peer group and friendship of the child, the child's relationship with the school, immigration, street life and / or working status, mass media (internet, tv, newspaper) can be included. As regards juvenile delinquency, it is clear that children are victims rather than perpetrators. In order to prevent children from being dragged into crime, first of all, the factors that cause this must be identified and eliminated. ©2019.All rights reserved .