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Youth Empowerment As A Strategy For Reducing Crime In Nigeria
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Stakeholders involving the government, Ngos, international
organizations, community associations etc need to conduct proper
assessment of the conditions of the youth with a view to formulate
appropriate policy and program of youth empowerment. The impact of youth
empowerment is usually enormous leading to better quality of lives of
the youth and total transformation of the society and community. (World
Bank, 1994).Therefore the problem confronting the study is to appraise
Youth empowerment as a strategy for reducing crime in Nigeria.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To determine Youth empowerment as a strategy for reducing crime in Nigeria
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
What is youth empowerment?
What is the level of impact of youth empowerment on crime reduction in Nigeria?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study proffers the essence of youth empowerment as measure to eradicating crime in Nigeria
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
Ho The level of impact of youth empowerment in crime reduction in Nigeria is low
Hi The level of impact of youth empowerment in crime reduction in Nigeria is high
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study focuses on the appraisal of youth empowerment as strategy to crime reduction in Nigeria
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The study was confronted by some constraint including logistics and geographical factors.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Youth empowerment defined
Youth
empowerment involve build the capacity of young people and motivating
them to take responsibility of their lives .This is done through the
process of improving their access to resources that will help in
changing their lives ,beliefs, values, and attitudes Youth empowerment
is carried out to improve the quality of lives of the youth.
Crime defined
Crime
is any unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority .The act
is considered a criminal offence when it is not only harmful to the
individulas but to the society or community such as rape, robbery,
murder, theft, vandalism, kidnapping etc. Criminal offences are is
defined by criminal law of every country
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