FACTORS UNDERLYING JUVENILE DELINQUENCYTOWARDS POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENTIN DISTRICT 1 OF MARIKINA CITY

FACTORS UNDERLYING JUVENILE DELINQUENCYTOWARDS POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENTIN DISTRICT 1 OF MARIKINA CITY.

INTRODUCTION. Juvenile delinquency is a disorderly behavior. It is manifested among children and youth as disapproved behavior that may result to violation of criminal law. Juvenile delinquency will also include violations that may be found in adults. “Status Offenses” is what these acts are termed because they are illegal only for people younger than 18 years of age or a juvenile, status offenses like running away from home and truancy, are offenses committed by juveniles..

METHODOLOGY. Research Design/Participants The study utilized a descriptive research design. The 216 respondents were purposively selected consisted of barangay officials, namely: barangay captain tanods , kagawads , EX-O, clerks, treasurer, secretary, and Violence against Women and Children Officer (VAWC) who have been handling juvenile delinquents..

Data Analysis Descriptive statistics was used in the statistical treatment of data. The frequency percentage distribution is used to determine the profile of the respondents, the common cases/forms committed, possible causes of juvenile delinquency, actions taken by the barangay officials and the utilization of the findings. Weighted mean is used to determine the extent of contribution of the home factors, socio- economic factors, and environment factors to juvenile delinquency.

Results and Discussion Prevalent causes of juvenile delinquency along with home factors, socio-economic factors, and environment factors.

Possible Causes of Juvenile Delin uencv Causes Home Factors (Indicators) Broken Homes/families Poor home training / discipline/development Lack of Supervision of Parents Unsound parental attitude Conflict / inconsistency of standards of Parents' Practices Total Socio - Economic Factors Poverty Lack of Necessary recreational facilities Lack of livelihood program for the youth and Parents Failure of Parents to provide the basic needs of the youth Lack of opportunities for the out of school outh 115 54 62 29 20 147 28 31 41 19 22 10 7 100 53 10 17 11 9 Rank 1 3 2 4 5 Rank 1 4 2 3 5.

Presented in the table the possible causes of juvenile delinquency as perceived by the barangay officials. The causes are classified into three (3) factors, namely: home, socio-economic, and environment factors..

Among the three (3) factors, poverty is the number one cause of juvenile delinquency, followed by home, and environment factors. Extent of contribution of the home factors, socio-economic factors, and environment factors to juvenile delinquency.

Extent of Contribution of the Home, and Environment Factors to Juvenile Delinquency Indicators Home Factors Broken Homes Poor home trammg dlsclplinedevelopment T ark of Supervision of Parents Unsound parental attitude Conflict inconsistency of standards ofParents' Practices Over-all Weighted I-lean Socio-Economic Factors Poverty T ark ofNeces recreational facilities Lack oflivelihood for the and Parents Failure of Parents to provide the basic needs of the Lack of for the out of school Over-all Weighted .Vean As to Environmental Factors Influence of Peers friends Poor d'aellin ' residence status Absence of role models at home and in üe community III effects of motion ictures and media Curiosity about the effects of drugs, gambling, and Over-all weighted Mean 4.19 425 3.77 4.47 4.12 4.18 4.15 4.05 4.03 4.04 4.02 4.06 4.0 431 437 438 421 4.43 1 I HE HE I HE HE Rank 3 2 1 4 Rank 1 2 4 3 5 Rank 1 4 3 2 5.

Intervention im lemented ' the Baran Indicators Home Officials a to combat Juvenile Delin en Continuing Education Programs Spiritual ennchment Nlaintam Family Bonding Socio- Economic Competency and life skills development Socio - Cultural md Recreational Activities Health Services Community and Family Welfue Sercices Leadership Trammg Environment Clean - Up Drive 3R's Campaign (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) availability and active youül orgauzatzons Community Voll-mteer Projects Seminars that focused on die beautification oftheir barangay *Nfultiple response 'Aith a taeighted mean of 4.21, interpreted as high extent. f ISO 200 156 189 190 150 1S4 11S 190 125 139 145 136 121 167 Rank 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 2 4 1.

Home Indicators Curfew Continuing Education Programs S iritual ennchment :vlaintam Family B Socio- Economic Indicators Com encv and life skills devel ent Socio - Cultural and Recreational Activities Health Sa-vices Comm and F Leadershi Trainm Welfare Sercices Environmental Indicators Clean - Dnve 3R's Can (Reduce: Reuse, Recvcle) Availab and active vouth an:zatzons Comm • Seminars üat focused on die beautification of their baran av *Multiple response 4.58 4.67 4.03 4.40 427 426 4.05 4.35 4.16 3.87 425 4.36 4.19 4.17 4.2 1 HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE Rank 2 1 5 3 4 2 4 1 3 5 2 1 4 5 3.

CONCLUSION. The Barangay officials who served as the respondents of the study are dominated by aged, matured, married individuals who are working either in the private sector, government sector and the rest have their own business. There are more male barangay officials than female. The causes of juvenile delinquency can be attributed to home, socio-economic, and environment factors. On the home factors, it focused on broken families, lack of supervision of parents, and poor home training/discipline/development. In the socio-economic factors, the number one cause is poverty, followed by lack of livelihood program for the youth, and failure of the parents to provide the basic needs of the youth. Further, the environment also influenced juvenile delinquency, specifically the influence of peers/friends, curiosity about the effects of drugs, gambling, and the absence of role models in their home and in the community..

CONCLUSION. The home, socio-economic and environmental factors contributed to a high extent in terms of occurrence of juvenile delinquency. The intervention programs undertaken to decrease the occurrence of juvenile delinquency are: implementation of curfew, maintenance of family bonding, spiritual enrichment, community and family welfare services, having socio-cultural activities, providing competency and life skills development, beautification of the surroundings/barangay. Curfew and parental/barangay counseling help decrease the occurrence of juvenile delinquency to a very high extent. Other programs related to spiritual enhancement, health services, competency and life skills development, and beautification of the barangay affects to a high extent in terms of decreasing of juvenile delinquency. A positive youth development plan is needed to help the young people prepare for a better life..

RECOMMENDATION. For the parents to inculcate discipline among their children by being a role model in everything they do and say. Further, they should maintain harmonious relationship in their family, try to do things that will augment their income to meet the family basic needs. For the barangay officials to continue with their efforts to monitor the activities of the young people in their jurisdiction. They may conduct seminars related to livelihood, development of skills, conduct activities where both parents and young people can showcase their skills in sports, singing, and dancing, and many more. In addition, they may invite non-government organizations to help them maximize the young people in their respective area through involvement in different projects and conduct job fairs in their barangay for better opportunities..

RECOMMENDATION. The young people should use their time productively by attending seminars – workshop that would help them develop their skills that could be of help in looking for a job. For the local government officials to consider the livelihood of their constituents, tapping organizations to help equip their people. For other researchers to conduct related studies on how to solve juvenile delinquency..