Juvenile delinquency is seen as one of the menace that destroys life and
property in our society today. Because of the nature of crime committed
by juvenile parents, guidance, sponsors and well wishers are worried and
disturbed about our future leaders. Crime associated with juvenile
include: rape, stealing, kleptomanism, burglary, disobedience, homicide,
truancy, vandalization and robbery etc. therefore, this study seeks to look
at the nature and consequences of juvenile delinquency. The objective of
this study aims at finding out why juvenile engage in delinquent act, why
juvenile offenders continue in crime after being punished or sanctioned,
what Nigeria government needs to do inorder to improve or educate
juvenile about crime and the negative impact of crime on individual and
society at large. However, the expected outcome of this study is that to
reduce or eradicate juvenile delinquency in our society government and
voluntary organization should be involved in the following ways:
Government should provide employment opportunities for youths,
greater thought should be given to setting up more amenities in the rural
areas, stoppage of pornographic films and some American films, where
our youths learns techniques in stealing and destroying properties,
parents should adopt method of positive and negative reinforcement and
government should educate or enlightening parent on the effects of
unmet needs like starvation (food), parental care and affection etc. on
their children to enable them (parents) make adjustment. Method of data
collection used in this study was only questionnaire.