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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
From the creation of man, family has been the basic unit of social organization. It is a great circle where all moral of life is transmitted. Family remains the life wire of any society (Werwoc, 1974). The family can be described as the basic unit, since it embraces all forms of interaction between individuals.
Apart from the importance of the family to the members of the society, it serves as a semi-originator or controller of the existing institution the social system, because without people who make up the society, there will be no existing social institution. The family provides the individual with an identity, with a social and with economic well-being.
The other institutions have only slowly emerged from the family and have for a long time been dependent on the family.
The family is universally regarded as the most sacred of the institutions and it is held so in the society. Similarly, Murdock (1949) postulated that such an institution isuniversity and functionally necessary because it performs those primary functions fundamental to human and social life. A family is defined as ‘two or more persons within a private or institutional household who are related as husband and wife, as cohabiting partners, or as parent and child (IJNECE, 2005:3).
The term ‘family’ includes: a one-person household, that is, a persons who live alone in a separate housing unit alongside his wife and children. According to Wright and Wright (1994), the family is the foundation of human society. Children who are rejected by their parents, who grow up in homes with considerable conflictor who are inadequately supervised are at the greatest risk of becoming delinquent.
Adolescence is a time of expanding vulnerabilities and opportunities that accompany the widening social and geographic exposure to life beyond school or family. Understanding the nature a relationships within the family, i.e. family adaptability, cohesion, and satisfaction, provides more information for understanding youth behavior (Cashwell&Vacc 1996).
Cohesiveness of the family successfully predicts the frequency of delinquent act as for non traditionalfamilies (Matherne& Thomas 2001). Family behaviors particularly parentalmonitoring and disciplining seem to influence association with deviant peers throughout the adolescent period (Cashwell&Vacc 1994). The structure of the family plays a large role in children’s experiences and the support they receive in the home.
The origin of juvenile delinquency in Nigeria dates back to the 1920s when youth crime such as pick pocketing and prostitution became predominant issues in Nigerian newspapers in that period. This ugly trend led to the establishment ofjudicial administrative process by the colonial administrators to deal with juvenile delinquents (Fourchard, 2006).
It is appalling that the worrisome issue of juvenile delinquency still plagues the contemporary Nigerian society in a serious dimension (Muhammed, Salami ,Adekeye,Ayinla and Adeoye,2009). However, the problem of juvenile delinquency is not peculiar to Nigeria. In 2007, the law enforcement agencies in the United States of America reported 2.18 million of juveniles (Alfry, 2010).
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Deviant behaviour in Nigeria is a major social problem which affects the whole society and constitutes a serious impediment to development (Muhammed et al 2009). For instance in Ilorinmetropolis today, deviant act is common among the young people, many of who are caught in one criminal act or the other such as examination malpractice, armed robbery, assault, rape, house breaking, forgery, truancy etc. Muhammed et al (2010) have observed that young people in contemporary Nigeria are mostly involved in armed robbery, Cultism, kidnapping, drug abuse and other deviant activities.
In supporting this fact, it is widely known today that the young people were the most involved in illicit drug usage and dealings. The consequences of this malady and other deviant act such as; examination malpractice, alcoholism, forgery, rape, etc.
in Nigeria include; social violence among youths, armed robbery, mental disorders, lack of respect for elders and other numerous social ills. In the light of the nauseating problems of deviant behaviour in Nigeria and Ilorin metropolis, various factors such as; poverty, peer pressure, family instability, westernization and so on have been attributed to be the cause.
1.3 Aims and Objectives of the Study
The major aim of the study is to examine the influence of family disintegration on deviant behaviour. Other objectives of the study are to:
- To assess the family features of the respondents.
- To examine the causes of family disintegration.
- To examine the deviant characteristics of the respondents.
1.4 Research Questions
This study would be guided by the following research questions What are the family characteristics of the respondents?
- What are the causes of family disintegration?
- What are the deviant characteristics of the respondents?
- What are the deviant characteristics of the respondents?
Significance of the Study
The significance of this research work can be explained in terms of practical gain or benefits to be derived from the study. The result of this study is intended to enable, individuals, policy-makers, curriculum planners and the government to make adequate plan on how to ensure that the high level of deviant behaviour among the youth is reduced to minimal levels or eliminated. On the side of the youth, it will go a long way in ensuring or implanting an acceptable lifestyle and perception towards one’s behaviour.
This study will also enable policy makers to realize the need for enacting and enforcing appropriate policies that would be of help in integrating the family institution. It will also make the government to be aware of the causes of family disintegration and proffer .to combat them.
1.6 Scope and Limitations of the Study
This study will be limited to family disintegration and deviant behaviours in Ilorin metropolis kwara state. Ilorin is regarded as one of the ancient cities in Kwara State which is people mostly by the Yorubas, Fulani, Hausa, Nupe and so on. The Yoruba people of Ilorin claimed to be the original owners of the town and that every other persons or groups were mere settlers. (Samuel Johnson 1990).
Every research work has its own limitations and this work is not an exception. Cautious attempt is made to overcome these limitations. Due to the suspicious nature of the youth engaged in deviant behaviour to strangers, they might not have been willing to give full information about their deviant behaviour for fear of consequences.
Data collection from the youth will be relatively limited by asking indirect questions. This required more explanations of the data instruments for clear understanding by the respondents during pre-testing.
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