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Assessment of Predictive and Environmental Factors Involved in Delinquent Behavior in a Selected Juvenile Home of South India with a View to Develop an Informational Booklet on Preventive Strategies Involved in Juvenile Delinquency

Anumol Joseph , Rajayalakshmi M1 , Anumol Joseph2 , Sister Mary3

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Red Flower's Journal of Psychiatric Nursing 9(3):p 99-102, September-December 2020. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jpn.2277.9035.9320.2

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Rajayalakshmi M, Anumol Joseph, Sister Mary / Assessment of Predictive and Environmental Factors Involved in Delinquent
Behavior in a Selected Juvenile Home of South India with a View to Develop an Informational Booklet on Preventive Strategies
Involved in Juvenile Delinquency. J Psychiatr Nurs.2020;9(3):99–102
 

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 Introduction: A descriptive study to assess the predictive and environmental factors involved in delinquent behavior in a selected juvenile home of Hyderabad, with a view to develop an informational booklet on preventive strategies involved in juvenile delinquency. Methodology: Research design selected for the present study was descriptive research design structured checklist and structured questionnaire 3 point likert scale was used to collect the data from the juvenile delinquent inmates. Purposive sampling method was used to selection of the sample. A total sample size for the study was 60.A selected juvenile home was selected. Results: The study results showed that 38.4% of subjects had mild influence of predictive factor, 56.6% of subjects have moderate influence of predictive factor and 5% of subjects had severe influence of predictive factor. The 65% of delinquents reported mild influence of environmental factor, 33.4% of delinquents reported moderate influence and surprisingly only 1.6% of delinquent had severe influence. In regards to the predictive factors about 45 (75%) were having history of delinquent behavior, 47 (78.3%) had history of violence and 60 (100%) were from broken families, 38.4% of subjects have mild influence of predictive factor, 56.6% of subjects have moderate influence of predictive factor and 5% of subjects have severe influence of predictive factor, The majority of the subjects belonged to socio economic factors 59 (98.3%) and personal factors. There is a significant association between the selected demographic variables like education of juveniles, religion, education of father and education of mother.

Keywords: Predictive Factors; Environmental Factorsand Juvenile Delinquents.

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Rajayalakshmi M, Anumol Joseph, Sister Mary / Assessment of Predictive and Environmental Factors Involved in Delinquent
Behavior in a Selected Juvenile Home of South India with a View to Develop an Informational Booklet on Preventive Strategies
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