Abstract
Recently, Involvement of young people in different criminal activities is evidence of increased deviant behaviour in young people in Malaysia. Over the past decade, the figures for deviant behaviours among young people in Malaysia continue to increase every year. Many theories have been presented over the years to investigate the factors that are linked to the juvenile’s deviant behaviour. The current study aims to review the existing theories on the Juveniles deviant behaviour to identify the possible caused of the deviant behaviour among juveniles in Malaysia. The results indicated that there are many factors that lead young generation to the deviant behaviour like, lack of parental attention, lack of education, drug abuse and media influence, membership in gangs and urbanization. The results of the current study provided insights of the factors that lead young generation to the criminal activities in Malaysia. It will be helpful for the government for policy making to avoid these factors that lead young people to deviant behaviour in Malaysia.Â
Highlights
Researchers and philosophers have attempted to explain the causes of juvenile deviant behaviour since the early Greek and Roman times
The researcher believes that these theories provided the conceptualization of the factors that are cause of the deviant behaviour leading to motorcycle theft (DBLMT) among juveniles
All of the aforementioned theories are important in relation with the juvenile involvement in deviant behaviour leading to motorcycle theft (DBLMT)
Summary
Researchers and philosophers have attempted to explain the causes of juvenile deviant behaviour since the early Greek and Roman times (refer to Aristotle’s Theory of Deviance and Plato’s two-model societies in Republic and Laws). Integration between theoretical perspective and empirical evidences is always missing (Kalaitzaki & Birtchnell, 2014). In this regard, numerous theories shed light on the causes of crime. Some of the more important theories pertaining to this are, rational choice theory, social disorganization theory, strain theory, differential association theory, labelling theory, social control theory, Baumrind theory of parenting styles. These theories provide the causes of the juvenile’s deviant behaviour and indicate the potential factors that are associated with deviant behaviour among juveniles
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