RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AMONG STUDENTS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Authors: Saidu Yunusa, Mohammed Ahmad Jibrin & Abdulrazaq Nuhu

ABSTRACT

Juvenile delinquency has become such a complex problem that parents not only deplore and criticize it, but they want to do everything possible to eradicate it to the barest minimum. These include truancy, destruction of school property, injuries to teachers and students, cultism, smoking, alcoholism, aggression, theft, harassment, disrespect to parents, and teachers assault among others. This research was carried out to investigate the family educational background and juvenile delinquency of senior secondary school students in Nasarawa State. The study was guided by one objective, one research question, and a null hypothesis. The objective of the study was to investigate if there is any relationship between family educational background and juvenile delinquency of senior secondary school students in Nasarawa State. The study adopted a correlational research design and the population of the study was 21875 with a sample size of 378 (266 males and 112 females). Multi-stage stratified random sampling technique was used to compose the sample. A questionnaire tagged “Family Educational Background and Juvenile Delinquency (FEB&JDQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) was used to test the null hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance.  Findings from the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between family educational background and juvenile delinquency of senior secondary school students in Nasarawa State. The study recommends that parents should be made to realize the importance of acquiring their own education, which will in turn influence their children’s academic performance and reduce the level of delinquent behavior.

Keywords: Family educational background, Juvenile delinquency, Secondary school, Nasarawa state

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