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    Peer influence, substance use and law breaking tendency among juveniles in Naguru Children’s Prison

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    Undergraduate Dissertation (963.2Kb)
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    2021-01
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    Wurochi, Isaac
    Musyoki, Mumbua
    Lanyero, Enid
    Twinomugabe, Claudious
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    This study examined the relationship between Peer influence, Substance Use and Law Breaking Tendency among Juveniles in Naguru Children’s Prison. It adopted a correlation research design. A sample of 56 juveniles both male and female aged between 12-18 years were selected by use of simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by use of self-administered questionnaire and was analyzed using the statistical package for social scientists (SPSS, version 21). Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to test the significance. The first hypothesis stated there is a significant relationship between peer influence and substance use. The second hypothesis stated there is a significant relationship between substance use and law breaking. Third hypothesis stated that there is a significant relationship between peer influence and law breaking. The final results revealed that there was no significant relationship between peer influence and substance use among the juveniles in Naguru children’s prison. Furthermore the results revealed that there was no significant relationship between substance use and law breaking among the juvenile in Naguru children’s prison. Finally the third results revealed that there was no significant relationship between peer influence and law breaking among the juveniles in Naguru children’s children prison. Therefore it is recommended and important to investigate more about these relationship in future research.
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