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Patterns And Causes Of Juvenile Delinquency As Expressed By Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF IBARAPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE]
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CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLGY
Preamble
This chapter presents information on research methodology. The chapter covered research design, population, sample and sampling procedure, instrumentation, psychometric properties of the instrument, pilot testing, procedure for instrumentation administration and data collection, procedure for scoring the instrument and method of data analysis.
Research Design
The research design that was adopted for the study is descriptive survey, which is used to determine patterns and causes of juvenile delinquency as expressed by secondary school students in Ibarapa Local Government Area, Oyo State. According to Olayiwola (2007), descriptive research is concerned with the collection and analysis of data for the purpose of describing, evaluating or comparing current event or prevailing practices, event or occurrences. Oke (2005) stated that descriptive survey makes use of tools like questionnaire, interviews and observations to collect data.
Population, Sample and Sampling Procedure
The population for this study comprised all secondary school teachers in Ibarapa Land. The target population comprised all teachers selected across secondary schools in Ibarapa Land. Ibarapa Land consists of Ibarapa East Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Daramola (2006) defined sample as the selected group which act as a fair representative of the population of interest. A total of 200 secondary school teachers participated in the study. The procedures that were used in selecting sample for the study were multi stage sampling techniques. At stage one, proportional sampling method was used to select 2 schools in Ibarapa East, 3 schools in Ibarapa Central and 3 schools in Ibarapa North, making a total of 8 schools selected in Ibarapa Land, these enables the study to cut across Ibarapa Land.
At stage two, simple random sampling was used to select 50 respondents from Ibarapa East secondary schools, 75 respondents from Ibarapa central secondary schools and 75 respondents from Ibarapa North secondary schools. Therefore, the total sample for this study was 200 respondents. According to Osaze and Izedonmi (2006), random sampling is a method where every element in a population has an equal chance of being selected. The selection of one respondent has no influence on the selection of or non-selection of the other.
At stage three, stratified sampling method was used to group the respondents according to moderating variables of gender, teaching experience, educational attainment and religious affiliation.
Instrumentation
Data collection is one of the crucial pillars in building a research. According to Olayiwola (2007), instrumentation is a way of developing measuring devices and methods for gathering data in educational researches. The main instrument that was used for this study is a questionnaire. Questionnaire is one of the common and effective research instrument used to elicit information in education. For the purpose of this study, a questionnaire was designed personally by the researcher and it is tagged “Patterns and Causes of Juvenile Delinquency Questionnaire†(PCJDQ). The questionnaire consists of two (3) sections: A, B and C. Section A focuses on the demographic data of the respondents. Section B contains ten (10) items on patterns of juvenile delinquency and Section C contains ten (10) items on causes of juvenile delinquency. In section B and C, the respondents respond to the items using the four point Likert-type rating scales format of:
Strongly Agree = 4 points
Agree = 3 points
Disagree = 2 points
Strongly Disagree = 1 point
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe challenges of adolescents are enormous simply because of diverse growth and development that characterized this stage, this lead many adolescents into delinquent behaviours. This study thus investigated the patterns and causes of delinquent behaviours as expressed by secondary school students in Ibarapa Local Government Area, Oyo State. The study also examined the influence of variables such as gender, age and residential area on respondents’ expressions. Descriptive survey de ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]SECTION C: Causes of Juvenile DelinquencyDirection: Kindly put a tick ( ) in the column that you consider as most applicable to you. There is no right or wrong responses. Please respond to all items as honestly as possible using the rating scales: SA - Strongly Agree; A - Agree; D – Disagree and SD - Strongly Disagree. ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Title 1. Demographic characteristics of respondents 2. Mean and rank order of patterns of juvenile delinquency among students 3. Mean and rank order of causes of juvenile delinquency 4. Mean, SD and t-test results comparing respondents’ expression on patterns of juvenile delinquency based on gender 5. Mean, SD and t-test results comparing respondents’ expression o ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSContent Title page Certification 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 THE RELATED LITERATUREConcept of Adolescence Concept of Juvenile Delinquency Theories of Juvenile Delinquency Age and Juvenile Delinquen ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Studies have been conducted on juvenile delinquency, for instance, Hoeve, Dubas, Eichelsheim, Laan, and Jan (2009) carried out a meta-analysis study on the relationship between parenting and delinquency. The study found strong link among parental monitoring, psychological control and negative aspects of support such as rejection and hostility, accounting for up to eleven percent of the variance in delinquency. Ekpo and Ajake (2013) studied family socio-economic status and delinquency among senio ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]The juvenile delinquency is expression of unsatisfied desires and urges. For a delinquent, his deviant act is a normal response to his inner desire. Like a non delinquent a delinquent is also conditioned by various attending and prevailing circumstances around him. A juvenile delinquent is a person who has been so adjudicated by a judicial court though he may be no different from other children who are not delinquent. Delinquency is an act, conduct or interaction which is socially undesirable (T ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Research Question 2: What are the causes of juvenile delinquency among secondary school students in Ibarapa Local Government Area?Table 3 depicts the mean and rank order of respondents’ responses on causes of juvenile delinquency. The table shows that the respondents agreed to all the identified items as causes of juvenile delinquencies as the response scores are above average mean score of 2.5. However, items 1, 4, 12, 5 and 3 were ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th with mean scores of 3. ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]RecommendationsThe following recommendations were made based on the findings of the study:1. Parents and the society should provide for the needs of adolescents (most especially the basic needs) so that they can be prevented from engaging in delinquent behaviours that may negatively influence their future.2. The school authorities should monitor students’ activities and encourage them on the needs to associate with peers that help them improve in their academic pursuits and mo ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Smetana, J. G., Campione,-Barr, N. & Metzger, A. (2006). Adolescent development in interpersonal and societal contexts. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 255-284.Snyder, H, N. & Sickmund, M. (2006). Juvenile offenders and victims. 2006 national report. Washington DC, US department of Justice, Office of Justice programmes office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Steinberg, L. & Monahan, K. C. (2007). Age differences in resistance to peer influence. Development Psychology 43(6): 1531- ... Continue reading---
