Factors affecting the conforming of delinquent juveniles to the rules of the Central Protection and Observation Center : a case study of Ban Karuna Training school for boys
Abstract:
The main objective of this research is to identify and study factors affecting the role of delinquent juveniles conforming the rules of the Central Protection and Observation Center. The study aims to understand the general behavior of these delinquent juveniles and their conduct under the rules in order to find methods to prevent and solve the problems of code violations. In particular, we narrow the scope of our research to focus mainly on those juveniles who were changed as guilty by the Central Juvenile and Family Court and were sentenced to attend the program at Ban Karuna Training School for boys. To achieve these goals, we conducted the analysis based on the data compiled from the survey and anthropological field research.Our data collection processing was carried out though questionnaire of 188 juveniles and used in-depth interview with 10 randomly selected subjects. For the quantitative data was analyzed by statistic methods and used content analysis for the qualitative data. In summary, we found that most juveniles finished elementary school, involved with drugs, and came from broken families. Factors affecting their behavioral conducts at the 0.05 significant level are educational levels, basis of misdemeanor, length of attendance at the training school , family background, attachment with family members, and their social adjustment.