DOES SOCIAL DYNAMICS LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL TENDENCIES IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN?
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The present study was concerned with exploring the various factors responsible for emergence of criminal attitudes in the adults in district Peshawar, Pakistan. Central Jail Peshawar was chosen as universe of the study with a population size of 360 convicted criminal out of which a sample size of 196 sample size was drawn out through random sampling procedures. Univeriate analysis was carried out to display the data in terms of percentages. Moreover, at bi†variate level, Chi†Square test was used to ascertain the level of significance between the dependent variable i.e. Criminal Attitude and Independent Variables namely Social , Psychological and Economic aspect of the study. The study found that there was a significant relationship between relatives were involved in criminal activities (p=0.006) with criminal attitude, large family size is responsible for committing crimes (p=0.001) with criminal attitude and father distanced position at job as the main cause of association of kids with the criminal (p=0.000) with the criminal attitude along wit intoxicant practices in the presence of kids (p=0.001) as the contributing factors of the criminality in the study area. Joint family system, liaison of the criminals with parents of the respondents while using intoxicants, joint family system and furthered position of father at job were some the main conclusions of the study. Control over big family size, avoiding intoxicant practices in the presence of kids by parents and allocation of role in the absence of father at the family level for taking care of the family affairs.
Authors and Affiliations
Miss Zarsanga, M. Phil Scholar| Institute of Social Work, Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Prof. Dr. Rahid Khan, Professor| Institute of Social Work, Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Dr. Yorid Ehsan Zia, Assistant Professor| Quaid‐e‐Azam College of Commerce, University of Peshawar
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