Youth Unemployment and Criminal Behaviour in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria
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2024-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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The vibrant youth population in Alimosho is presently facing serious unemployment situation and this has led to political and socio-economic vices which have snowballed to serious crimes including armed robbery, banditry, kidnapping, drug and human trafficking, cultism, insurgency, etc. and this is threatening national unity and cohesion. In the face of this insecurity situation, the attitude and modus operandi of the security apparatuses remain suspect and unsatisfactory. The study employed a descriptive research design, and used a mixed method of questionnaire and interviews. The theoretical review was anchored on Frustration-Aggression Theory postulated by Fererabend and Feirauben (1972). Four research questions and one research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Questionnaire was used to collected data from the youth that were involved in this study. Six In-depth interviews were conducted with the chairmen of the six Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), while 8 focused group discussion were done with the members of the community development association (CDAs). The responses from the questionnaire, interviews and focused groups discussion were transcribed, coded and analyzed using frequency tables and percentages while the hypotheses were tested using manually-computed chi-square (X2) statistics at 0.05 level of significance with appropriate degree of freedom (d.f.). information from the instruments were used to authenticate other responses from the questionnaire. The findings indicated strong and positive relationship between youth unemployment and criminality in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Keywords: Youth, Unemployment, Underemployment, Alimosho LCDAs
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Youth, Unemployment, Underemployment, Alimosho LCDAs
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Kate Turabia