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Juvenile Delinquency: Its Magnitude and Impact at Gondar Town in Ethiopia

Adolescent age offenses are crimes against people, community and society at large .It is mainly found in the most urbanized sections of the country.Juvenile delinquents account for a great number of the illegal acts committed in the community.It is found that observation capacities of Ethiopian cities being very limited, a large number of unemployed people roam around city streets. In the early 1970, the unemployment rate was estimated at 15-20% of the labor force. It is inevitable for such people to be fertile ground for deviant activities such theft robbery, burglary and other similar crimes. The problem of juvenile delinquency is universal in nature and more relevant and found in developing countries worldwide. Both boys and girls of adolescent age from different background are easily victimized and get involved in different kinds of anti-social activities in the community such as crime involving theft, vandalism, or violence, the victim always suffers loss .This kind of situation is not expected in any society and rather it becomes a problem to the person himself, to the family and community at large .But in every country, here is a provision of correctional facilities and reformative steps for those who commit antisocial activities in their teen age. This problem can be eradicated if there is regular awareness on the consequence of issue to general public and community and their participation in the intervention process. Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the major determinant factors of juvenile delinquency among prisonpresenters (respondents) of Gondar correctional institution in Ethiopia. Method and materials: it is based on an institution cross section study that uses a per-tested selfadministered questionnaire to collect the necessary data. Then the data was analyzed using numeration and result was presented in tables.