Date of Award
1-1-1983
Thesis Type
undergraduates
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
antro
Department
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Institution
University of Malaya
Abstract
This graduation exercise is a study involving a comparison between the delinquent boys and the non-delinquent boys to show the incidence of broken homes in juvenile delinquency. It also contains a chapter touching on other factors other than the broken home factor in juvenile delinquency. The delinquent boys are chosen from the Sarawak Boys Home, Kuching and the non-delinquent boys are from a secondary boys schools administered by the Social Welfare Ministry for delinquents between the age of 10 to 18 years old. This graduation exercise consists of five chapters. The introduction chapter describes the purpose of this study and its scope. Chapter I deals with the research procedure and the problems encountered during the fieldwork. The concepts of juvenile delinquency and broken home are described in chapter II. Chapters III and IV concentrates on the analysis of the data collected like the relationship between broken homes and juvenile delinquency and the extent of the incidence of broken homes in juvenile delinquency. The final chapter is the conclusion.
Note
Academic Exercise (Bachelor’s Degree) – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, 1982/1983.
Recommended Citation
Fong, Yut Kuen, "Broken homes and juvenile delinquency / Fong Yut Kuen" (1983). Pre-2000 Student Works. 549.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_pre2000/549