YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND CRIME MANAGEMENT IN BENUE STATE: A STUDY OF KATSINA-ALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE (2010 -2018
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study examined the impact of youth empowerment and crime management in Benue State: A study of Katsina- Ala LGA. The study employed descriptive survey research, questionnaire was used as the main instrument of data collection. The study adopts Empowerment theory originated from American community since the late 1970s and is associated with the social scientist Julian Rappaport (1981). The underlying assumptions of empowerment theory: individuals are assumed to understand their own needs better than anyone else and therefore should have the power both to define and act upon them, all people possess strengths upon which they can build, empowerment is a lifelong endeavor and personal knowledge and experience are valid and useful in coping effectively. Findings of the study revealed that the causes of crime in Katsina-Ala LGA are: unemployment, poverty and lack of skills among others. Also the study found that crime have negative effects on the society such as wastage of budget for security, loss of lives and properties among others. The study recommends that Government of Benue state and Katsina-Ala LGA should continue to empower the youths through scholarship schemes as it has proven to aid in crime reduction among the youths of Katsina-Ala LGA of Benue State and Provision of information to security agents to enable them fight criminality in the state.
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