Browsing by Author "Ewnetu, Selamawit"
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Item Exploring the Lived Experience of Delinquents and Young Offenders: The Case of Addis Ababa Police Commission Prisoners(Addis Ababa University, 2014-06) Ewnetu, Selamawit; Legesse, Mengistu (PhD)This study explores the lived experience of delinquent and young offenders. The cause and effect as well as the coping mechanism were incorporated. According to the contextual definition and related literature explanation, delinquency is a social deconstruction phenomenon that affects not only individuals but society as whole. Furthermore the problem impact on psychological, physical, psycho social aspects of the society. In order to assess the holistic life of participant the researcher used qualitative research under this research type explanatory method has been utilized and the researcher interviewed 19 informant specifically 9 delinquent and 10 police officers. The result has shown that a number of driving factors leads youths to becoming a victim of crime. Based on the finding of this study the major driving force of delinquency explained by delinquents are substance abuse, peer pressure, economic problem and separation of family (divorce). The above dynamics trigger the problem. To combat the problem societal altitudinal change, community based program, focusing crime than criminals are alternative and possible coping mechanism. Finally, the researcher focuses on research implication, policy implication and social work implication respectively. Social worker should be creating awareness among the societies, advocate for youths and peoples who are both literate and illiterate once and serve as bridge between a society and government