تلخیص
High number of juvenile prisoners in Pakistani prisons shows
the high crime rate among juveniles. This area needs a lot of
attention and work to do. Using interview schedule technique
this paper explores the causes of crimes among juveniles.
Main focus was given to the backgrounds of juvenile prisoners
especially presence of criminal behavior or imprisonment in
their friends or families. This survey based study was
conducted on juvenile prisoners in Central Prison Rawalpindi,
Pakistan in summer 2009. All 102 juvenile prisoners of age
from 8 years to 18 years in juvenile ward of Rawalpindi prison
were interviewed. Information regarding socio-economic
conditions of family, crime history of family members and
friends, and their crime learning process, was collected to
analyze the causes of their delinquent behavior. The analysis
was done in the form of percentages and frequency
distributions. The Chi-Square test was used to test the relation
between variables. The study shows that, dropout from
education, broken homes, worse economic conditions, and
delinquent friends and family members play crucial role in
adaptation of criminal behavior among juveniles in Pakistan.
Furthermore, the situation is worsened because of delayed
justice, and prison conditions
Syed Imran Haider, Nasim Khan Mahsud. (2015) Family, Peer Group and Adaptation of Delinquent Behavior , The Dialogue, Volume 10, Issue 4.
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