YOUTH VULNERABILITY AND URBAN CRIMES IN BENIN CITY
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This study examined youth vulnerability and urban crimes in Benin City. The objectives of the study were to examine the impact of socio-economic background on youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; ascertain the impact of poverty rate on youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; investigate the impact of unemployment on youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; and examine the impact of education level on youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City. The study employed the field survey research design. The descriptive method described the demography of respondents using frequency and percentage. A step wise regression techniques were adopted for the study with the help of Chi-square statistical tool (X2). In all cases alpha (significance value) were set at 0.05, to test at the 5% level. The findings from the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between socio-economic
background and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; there is no significant relationship between poverty rate and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; there is no significant relationship between unemployment and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; and there is no significant relationship between education level and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City. The study recommended that it is necessary for the government to create employment in order to reduce crime rate in the state, and Nigeria as a whole, it is important for the Nigerian government to look into the negative impact of poverty on youth vulnerability to crimes in Benin City, and Nigeria as a whole, and proffer possible solution to the issue of socio-economic marginalization, the Nigerian government should provide employment for the youths in order to discourage them from hostile habits and encourage them to be good citizens, it is important for the government to invest more on the education sector to improve efficiency; and role of the media in reporting violence is very crucial in curtailing the act of violence in Nigeria. The media shall transform crime and violence coverage to the plain of the authority. The media reporters shall engage in both mental and psychological re-conditioning. The reporter must critically re-examine the routine, conventional approach to coverage of crime and violence in favour of treating crime and violence stories as he will normally treat stories about an epidemic. In practical terms, demands that the reporter to include three classes of information in crime and violence stories (the perspectives or prevalence of the violence in Nigeria; the risk factors that expose people to victimization; and the cost of the violence in our midst). This is important since the media play roles in the structuring of perception of violence and conflict to community and authority by regular reflection on related incidences and suggesting way forward.
background and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; there is no significant relationship between poverty rate and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; there is no significant relationship between unemployment and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City; and there is no significant relationship between education level and youths’ vulnerability to crime in Benin City. The study recommended that it is necessary for the government to create employment in order to reduce crime rate in the state, and Nigeria as a whole, it is important for the Nigerian government to look into the negative impact of poverty on youth vulnerability to crimes in Benin City, and Nigeria as a whole, and proffer possible solution to the issue of socio-economic marginalization, the Nigerian government should provide employment for the youths in order to discourage them from hostile habits and encourage them to be good citizens, it is important for the government to invest more on the education sector to improve efficiency; and role of the media in reporting violence is very crucial in curtailing the act of violence in Nigeria. The media shall transform crime and violence coverage to the plain of the authority. The media reporters shall engage in both mental and psychological re-conditioning. The reporter must critically re-examine the routine, conventional approach to coverage of crime and violence in favour of treating crime and violence stories as he will normally treat stories about an epidemic. In practical terms, demands that the reporter to include three classes of information in crime and violence stories (the perspectives or prevalence of the violence in Nigeria; the risk factors that expose people to victimization; and the cost of the violence in our midst). This is important since the media play roles in the structuring of perception of violence and conflict to community and authority by regular reflection on related incidences and suggesting way forward.
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