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.