• Cause And Effects Of Deviant Behaviour In Higher Institutions Of Learning
    [A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU URBAN ENUGU STATE]

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    • In Nigeria society, deviancy may be conceived as a factor which militates against the good work of lecturers since it is believed that lecturers effectiveness is mostly evaluated in terms of student educational achievement and behaviour of the child.
      Some of the common deviant behaviour include stealing, truancy, disobedience to school, parents and community at large, mass demonstration leading to destruction of property, drug abuse, smoking etc.
      1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
      This study is an attempt to find out the causes and effects of Deviancy in tertiary institution. As the wave of crime is mounting in our society, so also have experience and research shown that the rate at which school offences etc. are being committed in spite of strict school regulations. There is no more respect for lecturers and even their own parents.
      Students go to the extent of joining armed robbers assassinating people and even trafficking in drugs. Higher institutions seem to turn to institute for senior criminals where future-armed robbers, hired killers, drug traffickers and secret cults are trained. Our society is corrupt to the extent that these students are looking for material things fame and other things.
      1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
      1. The purpose of this research is to find out the causes, effects and views of students and lecturers about deviancy.
      2. The effect on the students and lecturers about deviancy.
      3. The effects on the students academic and behaviour in the society
      4. It is also meant to find out the developmental stage that deviancy normally occur.
      5. The effects of the society, family, peer group and school environment on higher institution deviancy will also be found out.
      6. The study will also find out the contribution of lecturers and the society in general to deviancy.

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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research on the causes and Effects of Deviant Behaviour in higher institutions of learning is designed to look into the main causes and effects of deviancy in out higher institutions. The school is a social organization nad has got it’s established patterns of behaviour expected from al its members. The non-conformity to the norms of behaviour by members of any group or organization is what sociologist called “Deviant Behaviour”.The researcher tried to find out the extent ... Continue reading---