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| | | Article Name : | | | Role of socio economic determinants and social
capital in juvenile delinquency in Urban Lahore:
A case study of Lahore district Jail | | Author Name : | | | RIDA JUNAID | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of
juvenile’s delinquency in urban Lahore. Furthermore, the study will
explore the role of informal networks; family, peer and neighborhood
(social capital) in encouraging and discouraging juvenile delinquency.
The study is qualitative in nature and conducted as on the basis of
case study of Lahore District jail. Male respondents were selected from
age 12 to 18. Purposive sampling method is used to collect data by
conducting semi structured interviews. This research shows that low
socio economic status, lack of parental supervision and negative social
capital are the significant reasons of increasing juvenile delinquency in
Lahore. Twelve respondents were interviewed considering the
saturation point of the research. There were 6 theft and robbery cases
and all mentioned that we wanted to get money to fulfill their basic
needs as their monthly family income ranged from 5000 to 20000 along
with rented house. There were 5 rape cases and they all responded that
parents never asked about their activities and they used to spend most
of their time with friends and participated in each other activities.
There was one murder case who responded in the same way that he
used to spend his time with friends and parents never asked him. So it
shows that low socio economic status, negative social capital and lack
of parental involvement are the main reasons of increasing juvenile
delinquency in Lahore. | | Keywords : | | | Juvenile delinquency, social capital, socio economic
determinants, peer network, poverty |
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