The Role of Peer Influence on Juvenile Delinquency Among Adolescents in The Government Remand Homes, Lagos State Nigeria (original) (raw)
2021, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
The study examines the role of peer influence on juvenile delinquency among adolescents with delinquent behaviour. The samples for the study were 170 juveniles (N=170) recruited from government remand homes in Lagos, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used in the selection of the sample. Standard self-administered questionnaires were employed to gather data among the selected juveniles. They were Resistance to Peer Influence (RPI) and Self-Report Delinquency Scale. The result revealed that there is a negative and significant correlation between peer influence and juvenile delinquency among adolescents, thereby suggesting that peer influence encourages delinquent behaviour among adolescents. As an implication, adolescents should be sufficiently educated and trained as a preventive measure to ensure they make friends with the right people and socialise themselves in conformity to the social expectation.
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