Public Perception on the Factors that Contribute to Juvenile Delinquency: A Case Study at Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Melaka

Abstract

Juvenile delinquency is one of the social problems that teenagers nowadays face and involved is quite alarming. The aim of this study is to find out the public’s perception on the factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency at Urban Transformation Centre (UTC), Melaka. The factors identified are family, socioeconomic class and educational experience. For this study, the researchers used the convenient sampling as the sampling technique. There were 361 responses collected via questionnaire. Various analysis methods were used to analyze the data gathered, including descriptive statistical analysis, reliability test, Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation, and Multiple Regression. The result of the study showed that the public perceived positively on the factors contribute to juvenile delinquency and educational experience was found as the most significant factor that affects the public perception on juvenile delinquency. This study hopes to bring forth importance for the public to understand the nature of this matter and play an active role in educating the adolescents.