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Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquencies Among Juvenile
[A CASE STUDY OF BORSTAL TRAINING INSTITUTE GANMO, KWARA STATE.]
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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 have understood and acknowledged the
fundamental roles that the counsellors play in correcting the delinquent
students by adopting psychotherapy method.
Furthermore, this
empirical study is highly relevant because it will vividly analyse the
effectiveness of juvenile courts and reform homes in the correction and
rehabilitation of the delinquent juveniles. It will also examine the
measures put in place by the government in the correction and
rehabilitation of the delinquent children.
Subsequently, this
study is highly relevant because it will recommend the policy – measures
to solve the problems of juvenile delinquency. This makes this
empirical study highly fundamental to our contemporary society. Also,
this study will serve as a guide or frame of reference for other
researchers who are interested in conducting a study on the same or
related topics. In other words, the theoretical frameworks and
methodologies that will be used in this study can be replicated in
future studies.
Lastly, this study is theoretically, empirically
and conceptually relevant. In other words, its concepts are rich and
relevant or applicable to our schools.
Operational Definitions of Terms
The following terms are defined operationally as used in the study:
Delinquent:
Delinquent is the term used by judicial officer of a juvenile court to
refer to a juvenile who committed a delinquent act which of committed by
an adult he would be prosecuted in a criminal court and convicted as a
criminal rather than as a delinquent.
Juvenile Court: This is a
special court which has original jurisdiction over persons statutorily
defined by the state as juvenile and over persons alleged to be
dependants status offenders and delinquents.
Juvenile delinquency:
Juvenile delinquency consists of acts of minor infractions of regulation
committed by children below the age of 18 or by young persons who are
between the age limits of 15 and 17.
Juvenile Justice System: This
is a government agency involved in the investigation, supervision, and
adjudication and care of remanding of juveniles whose conduct falls
within the jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
Juvenile Reform Homes:
Juvenile reform homes are the homes where delinquent juveniles are kept
for corrections and rehabilitations.
Scope of the Study
The
scope of this study is Borstal Training Institutes Ganmo, Kwara State.
This institute is taken as the research setting, because it is the place
where delinquent juveniles are corrected and rehabilitated. In other
words, it is a place where delinquent juveniles can be found in large
number.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 (AN ... Continue reading---
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 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---
