Exploring The Lived Experience Of Delinquents And Young Offenders The Case Of Addis Ababa Police Commission Prisoners

This study explores the lived experience of delinquent and young offenders. The causernand effect as well as the coping mechanism were incorporated. According to therncontextual definition and related literature explanation, delinquency is a socialrndeconstruction phenomenon that affects not only individuals but society as whole.rnFurthermore the problem impact on psychological, physical, psycho social aspects ofrnthe society. In order to assess the holistic life of participant the researcher usedrnqualitative research under this research type explanatory method has been utilizedrnand the researcher interviewed 19 informant specifically 9 delinquent and 10 policernofficers. The result has shown that a number of driving factors leads youths tornbecoming a victim of crime. Based on the finding of this study the major driving forcernof delinquency explained by delinquents are substance abuse, peer pressure,rneconomic problem and separation of family (divorce). The above dynamics trigger thernproblem. To combat the problem societal altitudinal change, community basedrnprogram, focusing crime than criminals are alternative and possible copingrnmechanism. Finally, the researcher focuses on research implication, policyrnimplication and social work implication respectively. Social worker should berncreating awareness among the societies, advocate for youths and peoples who arernboth literate and illiterate once and serve as bridge between a society andrngovernment

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