An assessment of factors related to the effectiveness of government rehabilitation schools for delinquent adolescents in Nairobi and Kiambu.
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2007-10
Authors
Gachara, Esther G.
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Abstract
The problem adolescence delinquency is a worldwide social phenomenon. Of most
concern is the impact of delinquency on the adolescence, their families, and the society at
large, and the relationship between delinquency and adult crime, which has also been on
the rise. It has been argued that delinquency leads to adult crime and therefore a life long
career. There is need therefore to deal with adolescence delinquency to curb the trend of
adolescents maturing to adulthood with criminal behaviors. The government of Kenya
has established rehabilitation schools with the aim of correcting and reforming the
delinquent adolescents into productive citizens. The rehabilitation schools then have
programs designed to meet this objective ...!The study aimed at assessing the factors
related to the effectiveness of rehabilitation schools with particular attention to the
availability of rehabilitative programs, rehabilitative qualities of the rehabilitators,
parent's involvement, school environment and at identifying the intervention measures
that can increase the effectiveness .. This was done using a descriptive survey with the
target population being the children, staff members of the rehabilitation schools in
Nairobi and Kiambu. Stratified random sampling was applied to get samples of the subgroups
in the population. The research instruments were questionnaires; interview
schedules and observation checklist while data collection procedures were structured
interviews and observations. The data was analyzed using both manual and computer
programs and presented using descriptive statistics in form of percentages and frequency
distribution.
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Department of Psychology, 11p. Oct.2007