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2 Int'l Annals Criminology 186 (1963)
Preliminary Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Western Nigeria

handle is hein.journals/iancrml2 and id is 186 raw text is: Prekiminary study of juvenile deliquency in western Nigeria Dr. T. ASUNI, M.A., M.D., D.P.M. Specialist Psychiatrist, Neuro-Psychiatric Centre, Aro Hospital, Abeokuta, Western Nigeria ;I have made the title of this lecture, Preliminary Study of Junevile iDelin- quency in Western Nigeria since my study has been limited to a small town in Western Nigeria about which I shall be taling later; and also if J have time to talk about it, I have made a comparative study of the pattern of Juve- nile Delinquency in two contrasting towns-contrasting from the :point of view of development, cosmopolitan nature of the places, imdustrialization, etc. I will try not to belabour you with too many figures, but I hope 1 will be able to get across the substance of my findings. There is no doubt that the intricate causes of juvenile delinquency in Wes- tern Nigeria are not different from other countries, but while those that apply to other countries are also operating here, there are others added to them by reason of the rapid changes going on in this fastly developing country. This is not to ignore the resilience and adaptability of human beings, especially children. There are varying qualities of and limit to each individual's resilience and adaptability, and it is this variation that contributes to some children brea- king down, while others do not succumb. There are many interwoven and interelated systems that have helped to buffer or stem the growth of Junevile Delinquency and it is a breakdown of these systems with no immediate satis- factory substitute that will in the main account for the increase in Juvenile Delinquency. Even with the old systems there are children with deviant behaviour, but some of these pattern of behaviour could be tolerated within the system and it is only gross deviation that stands out. With the breakdown of these supporting systems, those deviants who in the past have not attracted attention become a problem. These are reasonable speculations, but the time is fast approaching, when it will not be possible to test the speculations. This is one reason why it is necessary to carry out a detailed study of the subject. In approaching this particular study it was considered necessary to compare certain relevant factors in the background of children, who have been before the juvenile court for active delinquent behaviour (active delinquent behaviour here excludes wandering and being in need of care and protection)

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