the effect of lack of love on children’s delinquency from the perspective of islamic teachings and criminology

Kindness is one of the most important methods in the formation of human personality and normal behavior, especially during childhood. the holy quran emphasized this issue and the imams have also ordered it. according to scientific findings, one of the important factors in children's behavioral abnormalities is the lack of affection. this research seeks to answer this question: what is the role of lack of affection in children's delinquency and how does it affect it? and what factors cause the lack of affection towards children? the method of fulfilling this research is descriptive-analytical and using library documents. the results of the research show that factors such as parental discord, parental mental disorder, parental addiction, parental employment, divorce and parents separation, death of both or one of the parents, are among the factors that cause lack of affection towards children and lead to children's delinquency. several justifications of how to influence this issue have been presented. among them, we can point out the failure to meet the basic needs of the child and providing violent patterns to the child.