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Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquencies Among Juvenile
[A CASE STUDY OF BORSTAL TRAINING INSTITUTE GANMO, KWARA STATE.] -
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated the factors influencing juvenile delinquencies among juveniles in Borstal Training Institute Ganmo, Kwara State.
A sample of 150 respondents were randomly selected. A questionnaire titled “Factor Influencing Juvenile Delinquencies Questionnaire (FIJDQ) was administered to elicit relevant information from the respondents and the data collected were analysed with the use of frequency counts, simple percentages, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
The study revealed that parents not paying adequate attention to their children and lack of parental supervision or control; and exposure of children to drug use are the fundamental factors influencing juvenile delinquencies.
Based on these findings, it was recommended that multisystem therapy (MST) could be adopted. MST is a family – oriented home based program targeting chronically violent, substance – abusing juvenile offenders aged 12 to 17. also, counsellors should be employed in remand or juvenile homes for enhanced and functional guidance and counselling activities aimed at rehabilitating and reforming the delinquent juveniles.
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIXUNIVERSITY OF ILORIN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONCOUNSELLOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE (FIJDQ)Dear Respondent, This questionnaire is designed to gather information on the factors influencing juvenile delinquency. The data collected will be used for research purpose only. So, ultimate confidentiality is guaranteed. As such you are not required to write your name. Please be as objective as possible. Thanks for your cooperation. Sect ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Distribution of Respondents by Gender, Age, Religion and Family type Table 2: Means and Rank Order of items on the factors influencing juvenile Delinquency Table 3: Mean, Standard Deviation and t-value of Respondents on factors influencing juvenile delinquencies by respondents on the basis of gender Table 4: Mean, Standard Deviation and t-value of Respondents on the factors influencing delinquencies by respondents on the basis of age ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Tables Abstract CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the Problem Research Questions Research Hypotheses Purpose of the Study Significance of the Study Operational Definition of Terms Scope of the Study CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConcept of Juvenile Delinquency Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency Psycholog ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Significance of the Study This empirical study is highly relevant because it will present both quantitative and qualitative data on the trends and patterns of juvenile delinquency in our schools. Also, the factors and consequences of the juvenile delinquency in our schools will be clearly reviewed in this empirical study. Moreover, this study will examine the roles of counsellors in controlling and correcting the delinquent students in our schools. Recently people hav ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 11 ]Siegel (1992:169) argues that: Criminality actually allows troubled people to survive by producing positive psychic results; it helps them to feel free and independent; it gives them the possibility of excitement and the chance to use their skills and imagination, it provides them with the promise of positive gain; it allows them to blame others for their predicament (for example, the police), and it gives them a chance to rationalize their sense of failure (if I hadn’t gott ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability Reliability is the consistency, accuracy, stability and trustworthiness of a measuring instrument or scores obtained (Raji, 2009). The reliability of the instrument is concerned with how far the same test would give the same result when used for the same respondents at different occasions or with different set of equivalent items under the same conditions (Oladele, 1987). To establish the reliability of the instrument for this study, the test-re-test method was a ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Hypothesis Two There is no significant difference in the factors influencing juvenile delinquencies by respondents on the basis of age. Table 4 shows that the calculated t-value is 1.25 while critical t-value is 1.96. Since the calculated t-value is less than the critical t-value, the null hypothesis, which states that there is no significant difference in the factors influencing juvenile delinquencies by respondents on the basis of age, is accepted. This shows that there is no significant diffe ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER FIVEDISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing juvenile delinquency as expressed by delinquent juveniles in Borstal Training Institute, Ganmo, Ilorin, Kwara State. One hundred and fourty respondents were involved in the conduct of the study. An instrument tagged “Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency (FIJDQ) was used to collect the required data for the investigation with respect to religion, ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAizer, A. (2004). Home alone: Supervision after school and child behaviour, Journal of Public Economics. Vol. 88 No.9: 184-8 August. Blum, R.W. (2002). Mothers’ influence on teen sex: Connection that promote postponing sexual intercourse. Mineapolis, MN: Center for Adolescent Health and Development, University of Minnesota: 24. Brown, S. (1998): Understanding youth and crime (Listening to Youth). Buckingham Press page 109. Delis, Matt. (2005). Career criminals in society, London ... Continue reading---
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIXUNIVERSITY OF ILORIN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONCOUNSELLOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE (FIJDQ)Dear Respondent, This questionnaire is designed to gather information on the factors influencing juvenile delinquency. The data collected will be used for research purpose only. So, ultimate confidentiality is guaranteed. As such you are not required to write your name. Please be as objective as possible. Thanks for your cooperation. Sect ... Continue reading---
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