Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquencies Among Juvenile in Borstal Training Institute Ganmo, Kwara State.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                                                                       i       

Approval Page                                                                ii

Dedication                                                                     iii     

Acknowledgements                                                        iv

Table of Contents                                                           viii

List of Tables                                                                 x

Abstract                                                                         xi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study                                               1      

Statement of the Problem                                               7

Research Questions                                                       12

Research Hypotheses                                                     13    

Purpose of the Study                                                      13

Significance of the Study                                                14

Operational Definition of Terms                                      16

Scope of the Study                                                         17

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Concept of Juvenile Delinquency                                    19

Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency                       23

Psychological Factors and Juvenile Delinquency             58

Preventions of Juvenile Delinquency                               60

Summary of the Review of Related Literature                  62

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Introduction                                                                   64

Research Design                                                            64

Sample and Sampling Procedure                                    65    

Instrumentation                                                             65    

Psychometric Property of the Instrument Validity            66

Reliability                                                                       66

Procedure for Data Collection                                         67

Procedure for Scoring the Instrument                             67

Method of Data Analysis                                                 68

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS

Introduction                                                                   69    

Demographic Data                                                         69

Hypotheses Testing                                                        75

Summary of the Findings                                               80    

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction                                                                   81

Discussions of Findings                                                  81    

Conclusions                                                                   89    

Implications of the Findings                                           90

Recommendations                                                         91    

Suggestions for Further Research                                   95

References                                                                     96    

Appendix                                                                       100

 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.