Delinquency Issues
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Background of the Study
The current Nigeria situation has given rise to numerous variations of crime and many activities. Traditionally, adults engage in criminal activities on a much larger scale compared to youth; the intensity and severity of juvenile offences are generally determined by the social economic and cultural conditions prevailing in a country. This is evidence of a universal increase in juvenile crime taking place concurrently with economic decline, especially in the poor distinct of large cities. In many cases street children later become young offenders, having already encountered violence in their immediate social environment as either witnesses or victims of violent acts. The educational attainments of this group are rather low as a rule, basic social experience acquired in the family is too often insufficient, and the socio-economic environment is determined by poverty and under or unemployment. The causes and conditions for juvenile crime are included in society as whole, social institutions, relationship. Juveniles’ choice of delinquency are fostered by a wide range of factors, the most are the economic and social factors and the cultural factors. Juvenile delinquency is driven by the negative consequences of social and economic development; in particular economic crises, political instability and the weakening of major institutions (including the state systems of public education & public assistance, and the family). Socio-economic instability is often linked to persistent unemployment and low incomes among the young, which can increase the likelihood of their involvement in criminal activity. Delinquent behaviour often occurs in social setting in which the norms for acceptable behaviour have broken down. Under such circumstances, many of the common rules that deter people from committing socially unacceptable acts may lose their relevance for some members of society. They respond to the traumatizing and destructive
The current Nigeria situation has given rise to numerous variations of crime and many activities. Traditionally, adults engage in criminal activities on a much larger scale compared to youth; the intensity and severity of juvenile offences are generally determined by the social economic and cultural conditions prevailing in a country. This is evidence of a universal increase in juvenile crime taking place concurrently with economic decline, especially in the poor distinct of large cities. In many cases street children later become young offenders, having already encountered violence in their immediate social environment as either witnesses or victims of violent acts. The educational attainments of this group are rather low as a rule, basic social experience acquired in the family is too often insufficient, and the socio-economic environment is determined by poverty and under or unemployment. The causes and conditions for juvenile crime are included in society as whole, social institutions, relationship. Juveniles’ choice of delinquency are fostered by a wide range of factors, the most are the economic and social factors and the cultural factors. Juvenile delinquency is driven by the negative consequences of social and economic development; in particular economic crises, political instability and the weakening of major institutions (including the state systems of public education & public assistance, and the family). Socio-economic instability is often linked to persistent unemployment and low incomes among the young, which can increase the likelihood of their involvement in criminal activity. Delinquent behaviour often occurs in social setting in which the norms for acceptable behaviour have broken down. Under such circumstances, many of the common rules that deter people from committing socially unacceptable acts may lose their relevance for some members of society. They respond to the traumatizing and destructive