TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
1.5 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.8 DEFINITION OF MAJOR TERMS/CONCEPTS
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
The
Concept, nature of Delinquent Acts
The
Nature of Delinquent Acts
Causes
of delinquent Acts
Incidence
and Consequences of Delinquent Acts
Consequences
of Delinquent Acts
Theories
and Approaches of Delinquent Acts
Biogenic
Views of Delinquency
Psychogenic
Theories of Delinquency
Criminological
Theories: A Review
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research
Design
Population,
Sample and Sampling techniques
Instrumentation
Procedure
for Data Collection
Data
Analysis Technique
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND
TO THE STUDY
It
is a general belief that the standard of discipline has fallen greatly in
Nigeria Educational Institutions especially in secondary school. Once find this
type of complaints published in some of Nigerian daily Newspapers and some have
been made know either in Public lectures or on the air (Radio and Television
Set) such pronouncement or lecturers and publications house put the blame on
students’ delinquencies or this behaviour on home. The home does not concern
itself with the academic progress or achievements at the students. For
instance, the parents and guidance are not caring about the progress made in
school concerning their children and words.
According
to Mazi (2000) in the report of the committee on school discipline in Kwara
State (1986) parents over indulge their children and that some are too busy to
care for their children and that some are too busy to care for their children
Asa result at this those types of children are difficult to control when they
get to schools. Some parents over pamper their children with money and
materials while in school, on the other hands some parents are too poor to meet
the demands of their children. This disparity between the rich and poor leads
to unwarranted behaviour, which result to indiscipline in youth. This is
confirmed by Obasanjo (1989) who blamed meet parents for the tall on morality
among the young. According to him children up bring seemed irrelevant matter
for meet parents. It is a common phenomenon now a day those children are now
left to be brought up in institution that lead commitment to ensure proper us
bringing. In the school discipline committee report it was mentioned that the
society also cause the delinquencies in the youth. How? The society places
value on cash and lace, or luxury materials. The love of fashion and love of
enviable influence by the society appeal to the student than the conservation
demands of the schools for wearing particular uniforms and obeying school rules
and regulations.
According
to the Ministry of Education publication (1991), deviance in school may arise
mainly form: in-conducive learning and social environment from they grow and
develop, behaviours of adult associated with them and who they regards as
models apparent abdications of responsibility and duty by parents and guardian
as a result of un due pressure negative economy activity such as excessive
pursuit of materials wealth high handiness of the part school authority and
government in dealing with students breath of law and order, and inflexibility
on the of the teachers, school authority and parents in matter relating to the
behaviour children generally and especially those of school age. Out (1987)
asserted that adequate supply of facilities including consumable such as
Libraries, Science Laboratory, Workshop Equipment, Resource person and sport in
School resultant Smallness of activities of positively engage student minds and
maximally channel there energies to productive ventures may cause deviancy in
School.
Deghton
(1981) mention some of possible causes of the deviance among secondary students
as: frustration, since hostility is most always preceded by frustration. Many
student make trouble because of continual failure to reach there goal. There
frustration may also be due to lack of acceptance by their classmate. He went
further stated the ignorance especially in new situation can lead delinquency.
Either because the rows are seen to be generally ambiguous. A certain number of
students disobey merely because they are unaware of the rules and regulations.
Other point raised by Deighton (1981) as possible causes of deviance among
secondary school students are problems from home carried to school and
inconsistency of enforcement in school or other agent of authority in the
school.
Barry
(1987) remarked that home background of a child can cause deviance in schools,
for instance children brought up in a tolerant atmosphere at home are often
shocked by the attempt to make them be have reasonably in school. They find
themselves having to adopt few quite different behaviour patterns. This can
have a traumatic effect upon some children which is in itself an incitement to
deviance.
The
growth of miscommunications media especially the visual ones and decline in
censorship has introduced a much wider group to extremes of behaviours which
give rise to varieties of deviancy in our secondary schools from the foregoing
it could be seen that the courses of Juvenile delinquencies are so uncountable.
Therefore this study want to find out the influence/effects of those delinquencies
on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis.
1.2 STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
Delinquency
has been an issue that parents guidance and teachers are warned about. Even the
government of every society is trying every way to tackle the problem. We have
now come to a point in time to know they every agent of socialization (parents,
teachers, school mass-media etc.) has a part to play.
The
research is therefore specially designed to take into cognizance the factor
contributing to delinquent behaviours as perceived by the students in selected
secondary school in Ilorin Metropolis. The researcher intends to look into:
1.
The causes of delinquent behaviour.
2.
Ascertain the effects of delinquent
behaviour. This will enable the researcher proffer or suggest workable solution
as to the problem of delinquency in school.
1.3 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The
research question is to first answer to the following:
i.
What is the factor contribution to
delinquent behaviour expressed by secondary school teachers?
ii.
What are the effects of delinquent
behaviour as perceived by the respondents?
iii.
What is the perception of male and female
students on delinquent behaviour.
iv.
Is there any different in the extend of
which both male and female students perceived the causes and effects of
delinquent behaviours in secondary schools?
v.
What is the perception of teachers on the
solutions to the problem of delinquency in schools.
1.4 RESEARCH
HYPOTHESES
1. The
following hypotheses are to be tested in this study. There is no significant
difference between students that are Young and those that is old in their
perception of the causes of delinquent behaviours in schools.
2. There
is no significant difference between male and female students in their
perception of the factors contributing to delinquent behaviours in schools.
3. There
is no significant difference between JSS and SSS student in their perception of
factors contributing to delinquent behaviours in schools.
4. There
is no significant different among types of school in the perception of the
factors contributing to delinquent behaviours in school.
1.5 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
Many
researches had been conducted to investigate because juvenile delinquencies or
the causes of deviant behaviour the result of those studies dicated that there
are a lot of factors that cause this anti social behaiours. The only basic
cause of the juvenile delinquency is frustration of all kind. When an
adolescent is frustrated of his basic needs he or she then results into
committing antisocial behaviour in order to reduce his or her tensions. This
act does not solve the problem, but rather add to it.
Asaju
(2000) reported that some of the causes of juvenile delinquency are; lack of
proper up bringing lack of societal civic training, lack of religious moral
teaching, poverty broken home, lack of affection from parent inferiority
feelings and so on. This study aims at finding out. Weather or not these
various types of juvenile delinquency can affect the academic performance of
secondary school student in Ilorin Metropolis.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
Without
missing words, the importance of this study cannot be over emphasized since the
study is to investigate the effects of juvenile delinquency on the academic performance
of secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis. Its result may expose some
of causes of poor performance of secondary school students in the public
examinations such as West African Secondary Certificate Examination, NECO Exam
and so on. The result of this study can be used by the school principal and
school guidance counselors to solve the problem of secondary school student
mass failure in Public Examination and some of the causes of juvenile
delinquency or deviant behaviours will be exposed to the school administrations
and to the society at large. Solutions to such problem can also be found in the
recommendation of this study. The Educational policies makers can make use of
this study of consider the provision of the basic. Needs of the youths when
drawing their policies for the children. The future researches can used the
study to find out the relate literatures for their work.
1.7 SCOPE
OF THE STUDY
The
study is perceived to the influence of delinquent behaviour on academic performance of secondary school students in
some selected secondary schools purposely meant for collecting accurate data
and to ignore difficulties that may surface against make judgment that is
reasonable.
1.8 DEFINITION
OF MAJOR TERMS/CONCEPTS
For
the purpose of clarity and avoidance of misunderstanding, some terms or
concepts used in this study are therefore explained as follows:
a.
Delinquents:
Are the young offenders who commit or who perform a certain act which does not
confirm with the laws and norms of the society which he or she belong.
b.
Juvenile
Delinquency: Is the situation where by young people
break the law in the society? It is an act of performing antisocial behaviour
carry out by a young person usually under the age of 18years depending on he
state code as to bring him/her to attention off a court.
c.
Secondary
School Students: Are the young people who attend the post
primary institutions what is students of Junior Secondary School 1 – 3 and
Senior Secondary School 1 – 3.
d.
Norms:
Are the value standard which are held in common by all members of Social
Systems or Sub System.
e.
Influence/Effects:
Power to affect the outcome or the result obtained from a particular causes? In
this study the cause is the juvenile delinquency, where as the effect is the
influence of this behaviour on the academic performance of Secondary School
Students.
f.
Academic
Performance: Negative response of the students toward
their academic work in the school, that is the score obtain by the Student in
test and examination.
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