The Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency and Preventive Measures in Nigeria (original) (raw)
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2018
This paper examines the prevailing causes of juvenile delinquency in Nigeria. It adopts analytical and qualitative research methodologies by relying on the existing legal and theoretical frameworks and also, a descriptive survey through questionnaires and direct interviews of 1,500 stakeholders from selected states in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques are employed and simple percentage scores and frequency counts are used to analyse the research questions. The results from the descriptive analyses show that the prevailing causes of juvenile delinquency in Nigeria were those encapsulated in the sociological theory of juvenile delinquency. The paper recommends the preventive mechanisms and argues for legal and structural reforms towards economic efficiency, equity and democracy for juveniles.
NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: BONNY ISLAND OF RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA A FOCAL POINT
This study focuses on the nature and consequences of juvenile delinquency in Bonny Island of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study aimed at finding out why juvenile engage in delinquent act, why juvenile offenders continue in crime after being punished and what Rivers State Government as well as Nigeria Government needs to do inorder to educate juvenile about crime and the negative impact of crime on individual and society at large. Specifically, this research work holds that juvenile in Bonny Island, Nigeria involved with delinquent behaviour, thus attributing it to family structure, social media, education, peer pressure, and environment etc. The various consequences of juvenile delinquency on the individual, victim, family, school, community and the wider society, support the view that no country can afford to ignore it. The research was able to provide extensive past and present global perceptions about the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency and its extent. However, the expected outcome of this study is that to reduce or eradicate juvenile delinquency in our society. Government and voluntary organization should be involved in the following ways: Government should provide employment opportunities for youths, provision of sporting activities and other recreational activities and Pre-trial diversion programs, such as pre-trial community service, vocational or life skills training programs, victim-offender mediation or family group conferences should be encouraged etc. Method of data collection used in this study was only questionnaire.
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This study examined the challenges of controlling delinquency and juvenile recidivism in correctional centre. It explored the statutory roles of correctional institution and the challenges of correctional institution in Ondo State, Nigeria. The research design is explorative in nature. The study employed quantitative (survey) and qualitative (Focus Group Discussion) and personal observation research methods. The study involved Forty-two respondents (10 personnel of the correctional centre and 32 juvenile delinquents). The data collected were analyzed with quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis with the aid of descriptive statistics. The study found that male children are more prone delinquency and juvenile recidivism than the female. Poor family background, dysfunctional family system, peer group influence, ineffective juvenile correctional institutions and weak religious institutions and so on are the major factors influencing delinquency and juvenile recidivism in N...
Juvenile delinquency in Bendel state, Nigeria
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A study of the juvenile delinquency in Bendel State of Nigeria, over a period of 12 years, has revealed an upsurge in its prevalence. More males were convicted than females, and more females under the age of 14 years were convicted than those in the 14-to 18-year-old age group. Most of the convictions resulted from crimes against property. Many juveniles in remand homes came from broken homes. Some ways of solving the problem are discussed.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2017
Factors associated with delinquency are poorly understood in Nigeria because of paucity in research, and the knowledge of such is considered invaluable. A cross-sectional study aimed at examining the reasons for confinement in a borstal institution, and predictors of delinquency was conducted. Data from 147 incarcerated juveniles were analyzed: the presence of conduct disorders, OR D 2.27; 95% CI: 1.05-4.91, and "repeated incarceration", OR D 6.36; 95% CI: 2.06-19.69, were the only predictors of delinquency after regression analysis. These factors play influential roles in explaining delinquency; while the roles of other factors require further investigation.
REHABILITATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS: IMPLICATION S FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2010
The study examined the issue of rehabilitating the juvenile delinquents in order to bring peace and development to the various communities. The study employed a surveys study design. The population consisted of young male and female members of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo state. A sample of 90 subjects was used for the study. Data collected were subjected to simple frequency count and percentages Chi-square statistical tool was used for the analysis of the hypotheses.The study revealed that juvenile delinquency is a social menace that could lead to social disorder and which does not augur well for the development of communities. Based on the findings, it is recommended that parents, government, non-governmental organizations should make efforts at rehabilitating the deviant youth so that they would be useful to themselves as well as help build a formidable community.
Rethinking the Role of Family in Combating Juvenile Delinquency in Nigeria
American Journal of Arts and Educational Administration Research
Many families have failed in performing their major role of protection, provision for their members, socializing their members and ensuring they conform to the socially acceptable patterns of behaviour in society, thereby increasing the rate of adolescent delinquencies in society. The literature emphasizes that the home front is the root cause of juvenile delinquency. In this context, this paper examines the role of the family in adolescent antisocial behaviour and maintains that the family sustains the corrective ability to combat juvenile delinquency. The paper found that divorce, improper use of the internet by juveniles, dysfunctionality in the home, single parenthood, substance abuse, weak parenting, poverty, and constructed realities by the media, amongst others, were examined as the cause of these behaviours. The paper explains the challenges many homes face in raising lawabiding citizens and the aftermath effect of these challenges. However, this could be tackled by developing a child's security, values and skills. Consequentially, the paper recommends families placing more emphasis on meeting the psychological need of the adolescent, family bonding, and cohesion as well as adequate provision for every child by parents and guardians to curb this menace.
Juvenile Delinquency: Its Causes and Effects
Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 2019
The aim of the study was to find out the circumstances that led inmates of two correctional facilities for young offenders into behaviours considered criminal and the effect it has had on them and the society they lived in. The study hypothesized that; peer association and family situation will influence delinquency and that delinquency did not have a significant effect on the future (schooling) of the juveniles affected. Fifty-seven (57) inmates of two Junior Correctional Centres in Accra were conveniently selected to respond to a structured questionnaire. Juveniles attributed the causes of their delinquent behaviours to their own initiatives, family situations, spiritual influences and peer association. Peer pressure was found to influence adolescent behaviour formation. Implications of juveniles’ incarceration and parental role in guiding adolescent children are discussed. Keywords: delinquency, juvenile, causes, peer association. DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/88-24 Publication date : Augus...
2014
The juvenile justice system is the government agencies that function to investigate, supervise, adjudicate, care for, or confine youthful offenders and other children subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The juvenile justice system deals with individuals who are specifically under the age of 17, who have committed a criminal offense. Juveniles who commit crimes are considered to have been delinquent. Nearly every society since the dawn of history has looked on youth crime and juvenile offences as a serious problem, and the Nigerian society is no different. The underlining philosophy of Juvenile justice as the history of child welfare in Nigeria became very interesting and of concern for all because it touches every of human life; the government, the homes/family and the legal system. Juvenile offenders are children who committed an offense before they reached eighteen years of age, as defined by the international standards contained in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”). The regime of the sentencing and treatment of a juvenile offender that has been found liable for a criminal offence forms a part of the larger framework of protection of the rights of Nigerian child under the larger Nigerian legal system. The Juvenile offender is not only protected under the constitutionally entrenched fundamental human right in chapter 4 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria, but also enjoys special legal protection and coverage under the Child’s Right Act. These provisions create a framework for the proper sentencing and treatment of the juvenile as well as regulate the institutions that would enforce the sentences. This forms the basis for this research study because a critical review of the sentencing regime is imperative for the protection of a Juvenile Offender. This research study focuses on the review of the legal framework that regulates the sentencing of juvenile offenders to sentences in Nigeria. It aims to discover whether the provisions of the Criminal Laws and Procedures in Nigeria are in violation of international human rights law that deals with the protection of Juvenile Offenders.
2008
One feature of the crime situation in Nigeria is the involvement of juveniles in some criminal and/or dubious activities, which is referred to as juvenile delinquency. In Nigeria the laws define delinquency in terms of the age of those involved rather than in terms of their offences. In Children and Young Person Law, a distinction is made between a person who is yet 14 years and one who is 14 years but not yet above 16 years. The former is a ‘child’ and the latter a ‘young person’ Therefore any offence committed by a person above 16 is a crime not delinquency. Universally, delinquents are immature and therefore incapable of ‘mens rea’ (criminal intent) and ‘actus reus’ (criminal act). To this effect, regulations (laws) pertaining to treatment of delinquents apart from the adult criminals were enacted and documented, thus setting up separate justice system called juvenile justice, which is the focus of this paper. The enactments of these laws were meant to protect the child from the ...