As people are becoming more and more individualized and materialistic, there has been a dearth of moral values in our society. Growing urbanization, socioeconomic inequalities, skewed sex ratio especially in the northern states, high population, greed, easy access to vulgar materials and peer pressure have created unintended consequences. Every acquittal encourages a citizen to take control of their situation. Most crimes, especially sexual crimes and those committed in anger, are committed by those in the 16 to 30 age group. This shows that there is something wrong among the country's youth, who make up the majority of the population. High expectations and widespread unemployment have thrown these young people into the clutches of criminals. The deeply conservative society is unable to regulate the influence of modernization and as a result we increase the rate of sexual crime especially in metropolitan cities. Society has done nothing to rein in anti-social elements and instead encourages them to commit crimes by trivializing their actions. Nor has the government taken this problem seriously and tried to counsel these young people and ensure their growth
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