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A quantitative understanding of gender differentiated delinquent trends among school going adolescents in Chatsworth, Durban.

dc.contributor.authorGopal, Nirmala Devi.
dc.contributor.authorMarimuthu, Bonita Adele.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-10T09:31:21Z
dc.date.available2015-03-10T09:31:21Z
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAccording to the World Health Organisation countries in transition have witnessed a dramatic rise in delinquency rates. Given that juvenile offending is a pervasive social problem and many theories about its aetiology have been advanced it is not unusual for researchers to understand delinquent behaviour over periods of time. Against this backdrop this study seeks to understand gendered patterns of offending or delinquent behaviour among seven hundred and fifty (750) school going adolescents in a historically Indian township in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal. Using a non-probability, random, sampling method respondents were chosen from two secondary schools in Chatsworth. Results from the study showed significant correlations between gender (male and female) and modes of punishment; norm violations; regulation violations; and malicious damage to property. For instance gender and norm violations results indicated that sleeping out of home without parental permission is not gendered. Both males and females slept out of home without parental permission; gender and regulation violations such as driving a motor vehicle without a driver’s licence indicated that respondents violate regulations regardless of gender and gender and regulation violations such as entering a bar or bottle store being under the prescribed age of 18 years old indicates that respondents irrespective of gender enter a bar or bottle store.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/11962
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCRIMSAen
dc.subject.otherDelinquency in schools, adolescent, genderen
dc.titleA quantitative understanding of gender differentiated delinquent trends among school going adolescents in Chatsworth, Durban.en
dc.typePeer reviewed journal articleen

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