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The Impact Of Unemployment On Criminal Activities
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1.2 Statement of the problem
The
Niger Delta region which comprises seven states; Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa,
Cross River, Delta, Edo, Rivers and Ondo, has a huge oil and gas
deposits which currently amount for more than 80% of the nation’s crude
extraction and more than 70% of revenue to service the nation’s economy.
The region is blessed with vast and huge natural resources which
contribute to about 80% of the nation’s budget and about 70% of her GDP.
Despite these huge potentials, the region is littered with unemployed
youths as Eboh (2009) states that about 60% of Niger Delta youths
unemployed.
In a bid to harnessing, controlling and utilizing the
resources of the regions to benefits the indigenes, the youths, young
adults and even a good number of child have resolved to restive measures
which have been evident in political thuggery, illegal oil bunkering,
firearms business, kidnapping, piracy, militancy and other social vices
which are dangers to the stability of democracy in Nigeria (Okafor,
2011).
The arm insurgency in the region traces its roots to a
perceived sense of neglects by both oil companies and national
government. Despite its strategic and economic significance, human
development indices for the Niger Delta region are starkly behind
national averages. Furthermore, the pollution resulting from oil and gas
prospecting have affected indigenous sources of livelihood like fishing
and brought home disease, malnutrition and high fatality rate beside
serious environmental repercussion. Also, poverty remains endemic
despite the billion flowing into the national coffers. Poverty however
exacts and inevitable social toll, and for an impoverished people, crime
is often and easy step from deprivation.
1.3 Objectives of the study
The main objective of this study is to access the impact of unemployment on criminal activities in Cross River State.
Specific objectives are:
(1) To examine the extent in which unemployment rate impact on criminal activities in Cross River State.
(2) To access the relationship that exists between unemployment and poverty in Cross River State.
1.4 Research Hypotheses
In line with the stated objectives, the following hypotheses will be tested;
Hypothesis one
H0: Unemployment has no significant impact on criminal activities in Cross River State.
Hypotheses two
H0: There is no significant relationship between unemployment and poverty in Cross River State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work is centered on the impact of unemployment on criminal activities in Niger Delta region of Nigeria using Cross River State as a case study. The study adopted the survey research design. A total of 450 research subjects were drawn from the target population using the stratified and random sampling technique. Frequency counts, simple percentage and chi-square methods were used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Findings from the research showed that unemployment has a s ... Continue reading---
