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Causes and Effects of Juvenile Delinquency Among Youth

Causes and Effect of Juvenile Delinquency Among Youth

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Causes and Effects of Juvenile Delinquency Among Youth

Chapter One

Objective ofย theย Study

Theย objectiveย ofย thisย studyย isย asย follows:

  1. To find out the extent why juvenile engage in delinquent
  2. To ascertain the extent juvenile offenders continue in crime after being punished or sanctioned.
  3. To find out what Nigerian government need to do in order to improve or educate juvenile about crime.
  4. To determine the negative impact of crime on individual and society at large.

CHAPTER TWOย 

LITERATUREย REVIEW

Anย Overviewย ofย Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile delinquency as defined by Andy (1960:30) โ€œis any socialย deviation by a youth from the societal norms which results in his contactย with law enforcement agents.โ€ The Nigeria constitution of 1979 definesย juvenile delinquency as โ€œa crime committed by a young person under theย age of 17 years as a result of trying to comply with the wishes of hisย peersย orย toย escapeย fromย parentalย pressureย orย certainย emotionalย stimulation.

The earliest Code of Law (the Code of Hammurabi) took specific note of the duties of children to parents and prescribed punishment for violation. Juvenile delinquency is a behaviour loosely defined as public nuisance which its usual characteristic includes acts that is of anti-social effect. Juvenile delinquency are crimes committed by young ones example rape, prostitution, stealing, burglary, truancy, disobedient, homicide, robbery, kleptomanism etc. And let every other growing social problems it has been subjected to curiosity and serious investigation. Juvenile delinquency is now the biggest single menace toย orderย thatย isย ravagingย ourย society.ย Theย aboveย definitionย ofย juvenileย delinquencyย isย basicallyย supportedย byย theย Oxfordย Dictionaryย whichย defines itย as law-breakingย byย young people.

ย Causesย ofย Juvenileย Delinquencyย inย Nigeria

Juvenileย delinquencyย cannotย beย controlledย withoutย atย leastย aย reasonable knowledge of its causes. One has to know why the juvenileย commit these atrocities to be able to effectively curb the menace. Thereย are reasons which make juvenile go into delinquent acts. As delinquentย acts differ in different parts of the world, so also would some of itsย causes be different. Some common causes of juvenile delinquency in ourย countryย (Nigeria) areย reviewedย below:

Biologicalย Cause

The protagonist of the biological conceptual explains that criminals are predestined towards criminal behaviour by factors such as their biological makeup is the gene which is the carrier of hereditary materials. Apart from the normal xx and xy sex chromosome in man, the xyy configuration was discovered and people with such chromosomeย complement are said to have behavioural characteristics of violence andย aggressiveness. Kratcoski et al. (1979:14) also belong to the school ofย thought that certain biological factor like body size could trigger theย exhibition ofย criminalย behaviour.

 

CHAPTER THREEย 

METHODOLOGY

Researchย Design

This study adopted survey design. This procedure can cover aย broad area of observation using a selected sample from a fraction of aย population to analyse a large population such as Enugu North L.G.A.ย Thisย researchย design isย applied inย thisย study owing to itsย viability inย using a sample drawn to represent the different elements within Enuguย North L.G.A.,ย the universeย ofย thisย study.

Mayย (2001)ย argueย thatย theย applicationย ofย aย surveyย methodย isย appropriateย inย obtainingย theย behaviouralย patternย ofย aย givenย populationย andย theย concomitantย implicationย ofย suchย behaviouralย patternย onย theย people and society at large. Thus, survey design is appropriate in a studyย of the nature and consequences of juvenile delinquency which seek toย understandย theย negativeย impactย ofย juvenileย delinquencyย inย Nigerianย society.

Study Area

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The area of study was Enugu North Local Government Area inย Enugu State of Nigeria. The local government area, according to theย Federalย Republicย ofย Nigeriaย Officialย Gazetteย (2009),ย hasย anย areaย ofย 106km2ย with a population of 244,825 (2006 population and housingย census).

Enugu North is located in South-Eastern Nigeria. It is situated atย the bottom of the Udi plateau, on the rail road from Port Harcourt, theย local government is bounded in the North by Udi and Enugu East, in theย South by Enugu South, West by Udi and in the East by Enugu East. Theย urban owes its geopolitical significance to the discovery of coal in 1909ย byย aย teamย of Britishย geologists.

Population ofย theย Study

The total population of Enugu State as a whole is 3,257,298 with aย population density that is two and a half times the national average.ย Enugu North Local Government area has an aggregate of 244,825 (2006ย population andย housing census)ย officiallyย Gazettedย in 2009.

CHAPTERย FOUR

DATAย PRESENTATIONย ANDย ANALYSIS

Out of two hundred and fifty (250) questionnaires distributed, twoย hundred (200) were completed and returned. This analysis of data isย basedย onย the returnedย questionnaires.

CHAPTERย FIVE

SUMMARY,ย CONCLUSIONย ANDย RECOMMENDATIONS

ย Summary

The data collected and analyzed in this study has broadened andย created additional usefulย insights on the Causes and effect of juvenile delinquency among youthย in Nigeria and as well provided recommendationย whichย willย helpย terminateย orย reduceย juvenileย delinquencyย inย Enuguย North Localย Governmentย Area.

Theย aimย ofย thisย studyย wasย toย knowย whyย juvenileย commitย orย continue committing crime and what to be done inorder to reduce orย terminateย thisย menace.ย Itย isย wellย knownย thatย juvenilesย commitย orย continue crime as a result of biological makeup, parental and societalย makeup.ย Theย studyย alsoย showedย thatย rape,ย kleptomanism,ย burglary,ย stealing, robbery, truancy, disobedient, homicide and lie are commonย among juvenile.

Conclusion

This research work conducted on the Causes and effect of juvenile delinquency among youthย in Enugu North shown thatย parents, governmentย and the society in general could help to eradicate this social vice. If allย hands are on deck it will be a reality one day. Give the children a soundย and moral upbringing and when they grow up they will never deviateย fromย it.

Recommendations

Aย wellย organizedย institutionย withย itsย collectiveย personnelย canย initiateย necessaryย changesย inย theย youths conceptions.

Theย governmentย andย voluntaryย organizationsย shouldย beย involvedย inย fighting theseย delinquent actsย throughย theย following ways:

  1. Recreationalfacilitiesย shouldย beย providedย forย our
  2. Parents should be enlightened on the effects of unmet needs likestarvation (food), parental care and affection, etc. on their childrenย to enable themย (parents)ย make adjustment.
  3. Governmentshouldย provideย employmentย opportunitiesย for
  4. More social workerโ€™s should be trained and deployed in schools tohelpย inย behaviour modification of the
  5. Avenuesshouldย beย createdย forย complainย toย theย social
  6. Parentsshouldย adoptย aย methodย ofย positiveย andย negative
  7. Government should stop pornographic films and some Americanfilmsย whereย ourย youthsย learnย techniquesย inย stealingย andย destruction of
  8. Governmentshouldย giveย greaterย thoughtย toย settingย upย moreย amenities inย the rural

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