Female Juvenile Delinquency in Egypt from Institutions Key Workers' Perspective: A Qualitative Study | ||||
Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
Article 9, Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2015, 2015, Page 116-128 PDF (172.27 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.12816/0029251 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Fatma Mohammed Ahmed1; Amany Sobhy Sorour2; Amal Ahmed El Badawy3 | ||||
1Assistant lecturer- community Health Nursing Department- Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||||
2Assistant professor of community health nursing - Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||||
3Professor of community medicine - Faculty of Medicine- Zagazig University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: For history, girls have been less delinquent than boys. Local media and press suggest increasing involvement of females in violent crimes. Further, those females who become involved in delinquent activities appear to be doing so as a result of specific needs, and complex interactions between certain dominions: individual, family, and community. Aim of the study: Aim of the present study was to explore the phenomenon of female juvenile delinquency in Egypt from institutions key workers' perspective. Subjects and methods: a qualitative research approach was performed by conducting in-depth interviews with 16 key workers from three residential correctional institutions affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Solidarity and Social justice. Results: female juvenile delinquency is conceptualized as resulting from stacking sets of child personal, familial and extra-familial factors. Female juvenile delinquency is the result of influence, association, pressure, imitation, needs, wants and desires. Conclusion: Risk factors can be captured in every life domain and they exert different effects and do not operate in isolation. The most important cause of female juvenile delinquency as prioritized by key workers is the family. Recommendation: it is recommended that the study be expanded quantitatively to permit for generalization. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Female juvenile delinquency; delinquency institutions; Egypt | ||||
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