Social Studies School Based Assessment (S.B.A)

Candidate’s Name: Sashana Robinson

Candidate’s Registration number:

School’s Name: Manchester High School

Tertiary: Year of Submission 2011

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………. 1

Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………….. 2

Reason for Selecting the Area of Research……………………………….……. 3

Method of Investigation…………………………………………………………. 4

Data Collection Instrument…………………………………………………… 5-8

Procedures for Data Collection…………………………………………………. 9

Presentation of Data………………………………………………………… 10-12

Analysis and Interpretation of Data……………………………………….….. 13

Statement of Findings……………………………………………...…………… 14

Recommendations and Implementation Strategy……………………………. 15

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….. 16

Acknowledgements

Completing this S.B.A would not have been an easy task if done by myself. I thank my mother for providing the necessary assets in order for me to do my S.B.A and also for being there constantly encouraging me to do my work. I thank my Social Studies teacher, who motivates me to do well in my school work, for helping me in the completion of this assignment. My friends have also been a help to me in the completion of this S.B.A, I am very much grateful of their help. I thank the persons who have taken time to answer my questionnaire, so that I could receive valid information. Lastly but by no means least I thank the God for allowing these people to be to be here and giving me the patience and strength to achieve full success.

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Statement of the Problem

What are the Causes, Effects, and Solutions of Juvenile delinquency in Community ‘X’?

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Reason for Selecting the Area of Research

The Researcher chose to investigate Juvenile Delinquency in Community ‘X’. The reason the researcher chose the selected area is to find out more about Juvenile delinquency in the community from the members of the community. Then to try and solve this problem by suggesting solutions needed to help prevent this problem in the community or discontinue it.

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Method of Investigation

The Researcher has chosen to use Questionnaires in order to collect required information. The questionnaires were printed in adequate amount and were delivered to persons in the community in order for me to receive my data and analyze it. It consists of four (4) background questions, six (6) questions relating to the causes of the problem, three (3) relating to the effects of the problem and four (4) relating to solutions of the problem.

This instrument of collecting data provided with me with the following advantages:

It is very much a cheaper procedure. Time that it took to collect data was fast. It is a guarantee of identification anonymity.

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Data Collection Instrument

QUESTIONNAIRE

Instructions: Please place a tick in the box corresponding to the answer of your choice.

1. What is your gender? Female

Male

2. To which of these age group do you belong? 19-25 yrs

26-32 yrs

33-39 yrs

40-46 yrs

3. To which ethnic group do you belong? African descent

Indian descent

Chinese descent

Mixed

4. How long have you been living in the community? Over 10 yrs

5-10 yrs

3-5 yrs Under 3 yrs

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5. Which of these do you think is the main cause of Juveniles becoming delinquents in your community?

Poverty

Lack of parent supervision/control

Lack of education of the delinquent

Peer Pressure

6. What is the most committed crime in the community by delinquents? Stealing

Vandalism

Violence

Rape/Assault

7. Do you think that the community on a whole is an influence to juveniles to become delinquents?

Yes

No

8. Are parents to be blamed, mainly, for their child becoming a delinquent? Yes

No

9. Which of these causes of juvenile delinquency do you think is another reason commonly found in your community?

Stress Conduct Disorder

Mental Disorder Anti-social Behaviour

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10. At what age in your community, do you find the majority of the delinquents committing crimes?

11-13 years 15-17 years

13-15 years 17-19 years

11. Who do you think is mostly affected by juvenile delinquency? Delinquent

Victim

Community

Family of Delinquent

12. What is the main effect that juvenile delinquency has on the community? Unsafe neighborhoods Cost of school safety

Public being money spent to enforce the law

Lack of visitors to the community

13. Which of the following effects of juvenile delinquency, do you think would have a larger impact on the delinquent?

Denial from family members

Lost of freedom

Mental disorder

Consequences on adolescents college and career choice

14. If juvenile delinquency is not stopped/prevented which of these do you think would most likely happen to the delinquent in your community?

Death Poverty Life imprisonment Continues crime

15. Which of these solutions do you think is mostly needed in your community to prevent juvenile delinquency?

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Juvenile rehabilitation

Juvenile’s involvement in extra-curriculum activities

Family help and support

Provision of education

16. In what way do you think the government needs to help to delinquents in your community?

Provide education for delinquents in the community

Provide job opportunities

Provide community centers

Provide a stronger method of law enforcement

17. Is there already a method in place, in your community, for the solution of juvenile delinquency?

Yes

No

18. In what way best do you think members of the community can offer a lending hand to delinquents?

Treat the situation with care

Provide community activities/jobs from their homes

Offer help to family of delinquents Treat first offenders lightly

19. What specific change do you expect to see, if a solution does work? Peace in the community Less crime

Delinquents making an effort to change

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Procedures for Data Collection

In Community ‘X’ there are approximately 100 households. The researcher chose to print 20 copies of the questionnaire for distribution in the community. I went through the different methods of collecting data and found that a questionnaire was a better option for me collecting data. Specific houses were selected so that I could ensure a return of the questionnaires after being answered. These houses were given a time frame of 48 hours in order for completion and then be collected. In these households only 35 percent of them were males and 75 percent were females.

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Presentation of Data

• Poverty

• Lack of parent supervision/control

• Lack of education of the delinquent

• Peer Pressure

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

35%

30%

26%

9%

Causes of Juvenile delinquency

% of respondents

Figure 1. Graph showing the causes of juvenile delinquency.

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5%21%

22%

52%

Effects of juvenile delinquency

• Denial from family members

• Lost of freedom

• Mental disorder

• Consequences on ado-lescents college and ca-reer choice

Figure 2. Pie chart showing the effects of juvenile delinquency on a delinquent

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Solutions Tally Percentage

Juvenile rehabilitation 8 40%Juvenile’s involvement in extra-curriculum activities

3 15%

Family help and support 5 25%

Provision of education 4 20%

Total 20 100%

Solutions for juvenile delinquency

Table 1. Showing solutions for juvenile delinquency

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Analysis and Interpretation of Data

In the research of Juvenile Delinquency in Community ‘X’, data showed that 35% of 20 community members believe that the main cause of juvenile delinquency is poverty while only 9% of the 20 community members believed that peer pressure was the main cause of juvenile delinquency in their community. Another cause which would be the following cause after poverty, due to the fact that 30% of the community members believe that the lack of parental control and supervision is the main cause of juvenile delinquency. However 26% believe that the lack of education is the main cause of juvenile delinquency in their community.

Therefore the data collected proves that Poverty in Community ‘X’ is the major cause of juvenile delinquency.

The research showed that the main effect that would fall onto a delinquent from juvenile delinquency would be the consequences on the adolescent’s college and career choice. 52% of the selected community members believe that which is a huge difference compared to the other selections. While the least chosen effect is the denial from family members, which only 5% of the community members chose. This could be due the fact that majority of the community members are females. Also the lost of freedom, 21% of the community members chose this while 22% chose mental disorder as an effect of juvenile delinquency.

The data shows that in Community ‘X’ the major effect of juvenile delinquency on the delinquent would be the consequences on the adolescent’s college and career choice.

In Community ‘X’ 40% of the 20 community members believe that the solution for juvenile delinquency is juvenile rehabilitation. 15% of the 20 persons believe that the Juvenile’s involvement in extra-curriculum activities is the solution for the problem, which is the least chosen. Family help and support 25% believed that this is the solution to the problem while Provision of education 20% believes that this is the solution.

Data shows that the majority of the selected community members believe that the solution of juvenile delinquency is juvenile rehabilitation.

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Statement of Findings

1) The cause of juvenile delinquency in Community ‘X’ is poverty.

2) The major effect on the delinquent in Community ‘X’ is the consequences on the adolescent’s college and career choice.

3) The best solution in Community ‘X’ to solve juvenile delinquency is juvenile rehabilitation.

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Recommendations and Implementation Strategy

In Community ‘X’ the researcher recommends that seeing that the community is a poor community, persons are to ensure that they have jobs in order to support their children financially so that they won’t have to become a delinquent. If the child is old enough and cannot function in school then it is recommended that they learn a trade in order to make life easier for their family.

The major effect of juvenile delinquency in Community ‘X’ is the consequences on the adolescent’s college and career choice. The researcher recommends that knowing this parents or guardians are to ensure that their children are focused in school and on their goal.

The best solution for juvenile delinquency in Community ‘X’ is juvenile rehabilitation. The researcher suggests that this is indeed an effective method of solving the problem and a center for juvenile rehabilitation should be built in the community.

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Bibliography

http://www.slideshare.net/egfred/sba-guideline

http://www.ehow.com/about_5108646_effects-juvenile-delinquency.html

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4922973_what-cause-effect-juvenile-delinquency.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-solution-to-juvenile-delinquency.htm

Modules in Social Studies with S.B.A guide & C.X.C questions (4TH edition)

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