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Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquencies Among Juvenile
[A CASE STUDY OF BORSTAL TRAINING INSTITUTE GANMO, KWARA STATE.] -
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From the works of several scholars reviewed, juvenile delinquency is described as the 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. The nature and scope of the offence vary from non-violent to violent and from minor to serious offences. They include minor or simple offences like cheating, fighting, lying, truancy and stealing to serious offenses, such as murder, arson, burglary, destruction of property and armed robbery. It also includes acts of drunkenness/alcoholism, prostitution, drug trafficking and peddling, fraudulent practices, bribery, corruption and counter feinting. For these acts of infringement, the delinquent child is not tried under criminal law, but by the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which must do everything possible to help the child because of the presumption that he/she is immature and lacks criminal intent.
Factors influencing delinquent behaviour among the children include, poverty, poor academic performance at school, child abuse and neglect, family-size, communication problem between parents and their children weak school laws, peer-group pressure to mention but a few
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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 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 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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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---