The Correlation between Poverty and Juvenile Delinquency.
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1999-09-25
Authors
Olusakin, A.M
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Abstract
Juvenile delinquency could be caused by environmental
contigencies that are beyond the control of the youths
and therefore resulted in their behaving the opposite way
to the socially approved way of behaving. Juvenile delinquent
behaviours among secondary.:'Elchoolstudents from low socio
economic ~tatus homes were compared to these of students from
high socioTeconomic status homes. A total of 150 senior secondary students, comprising of 75 female students from
2 federal government secondary schools were used in the study.
The Likert-type of Questionnaires with four-point scale were
administered to collect vital data for this study.
Two research hypotheses were tested and both of them were
upheld as they were supported by the results. It lwas found
out that a signi~icant difference exist between the involvement
in juvenile delinquent behaviours of students from high socio
economic status family compared to those from low socio-economic
statw family. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation statistical
method of data analysis was used in testing the research
hypothesis. Recommendation were given as to how to lessen juvenile delinquency.
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Conference Paper
Keywords
Juvenile delinquency
Citation
Olusakin, A. M. (1999), The Correlation between Poverty and Juvenile Delinquency. Being a paper presented at the fourth National Conference of Nigerian Educational Research Reporters Association (NERRA) held at the University of Calabar.