Child delinquency in communal conflict areas in southwestern Nigeria

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ID11043429
AuthorsFatai Gbadebo Adeleke (0000-0002-4197-7630, Osun State University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume47
Issue4
Pages790-804
Publication date2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22153
PMID30644105
OpenAlexW2910005840
LanguageEN
References cited10

This study examines the influence of persistent communal conflicts on child delinquency. Within psychosociological models, the study investigates child delinquency in conflict areas in southwestern Nigeria. Triangulation of sampling techniques and methods of data collection were adopted (questionnaire, focus group discussions, in‐depth interview, records, journals, and publications). The records showed that there were more child delinquents in the communal conflict areas and the factors responsible were as follows: a gap in family communication, regulation and control mechanism deficiency, institutional and social lapses, excessive drugs abuse, persistent economic hardship and social disorganization, long communal hatred, and negative social variables. There was a significant relationship between the variables of communal conflicts and child delinquency. The study concludes that social control failed because of children learning violence acts from birth and the environment. There is a need for more cemented social ties among neighboring towns, for perpetrators of conflict to face the wrath of law, and for security agents to not overstay in conflict areas

Criminology · Hatred · Informal social control · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Social conflict · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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