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REFERRING TO TRIAD INVOLVEMENT AS AN IMMEDIATE FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENT ACTS, IT SAYS THAT OUT OF 479 OFFENDERS, 246 HAD CONNECTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF TRIAD SOCIETIES AND 181 VENE ACTUALLY TRIAD MEMBERS, THIS LEAVES ONLY 52 OFFENDERS +UNSCATHED BY TRIADS.+

AS GANG FIGHTING IS ONE OF THE COMMON ACTIVITIES AMONG TRIAD SOCIETIES, THE REPORT ADDS THAT INVOLVEMENT IN TRIADS +CAN BE SAFELY CONSIDERED A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENT ACTIVITIES PARTICULARLY WHEN THIS INVOLVEMENT WAS REPORTED BEFORE THE OFFENCES VERE COMMITTED.+

THE REPORT SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO THE DATA GATHERED, ASPECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM +SEEM TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE YOUNGSTERS+.

MOST OF THE OFFENDERS REPORTED THAT THEY DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DECAUSE THEY FOUND SCHOOL LIFE DULL AND UNINTERESTING, OR BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO CATCH UP AND HAD NO MOTIVATION TO STUDY.

THE REPORT SAYS THAT BEING POORLY EQUIPPED WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL, THEY WERE LIKELY TO TAKE UP EARLY EMPLOYMENT, RECEIVING LOW WAGES AND WORKING UNDER POOR CONDITIONS.

+BEING FRUSTRATED BY THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, THEY TENDED TO DRIFT FROM JOB TO JOB OR REMAINDED IDLE. UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER THE TRIAD ELEMENTS WHO THEY WOULD VIEW AS DARING AND EXCITING AND THUS BECOME DELIQUENTS,+ IT SAID.

ON THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, THE REPORT SAID IT HAS OFTEN DEEN ASSUMED THAT A POOR LIVING ENVIRONMENT IS THE DREEDING GROUND FOR JUVENILE DELIQUENTS, AND IS TREATED AS AN IMPORTANT INTERVENING VARIABLE IN THE LINKING UP OF FAMILY CONDITIONS EDUCATIONAL CONTROL, PEER GROUP ASSOCIATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.

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IT CONTINUES: WE FIND THE OFFENDERS WERE MORE SATISFIED THAN THE NON-OFFENDERS TOWARDS THE SPACE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES DECAUSE THEY WERE REPORTED TO MAKE USE OF THESE FACILITIES MORE THAN THE KON- OFFENDERS.

+BEING MORE OUTGOING AND ADVENTUROUS THE OFFENDERS INDICATED THEIR INTEREST IN PLAYING BALL IN THE PLAYGROUND IN THEIR NEIGHBOUR- HOOD AND THUS ENCOUNTERED THEIR TRIAD FRIENDS AND LATER BECAME INVOLVED IN TRIADS THEMSELVES.+

HAVING IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF FACTORS AS POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTORS TO CRIME, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT SEVERAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES DE ADOPTED.

AS FAMILY CONDITION MAY BECOME ONE OF THE LONG TERM CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF DELIQUENCY, THE KEPORT SUGGEST THAT FAMILY SERVICE AGENCIES SHOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION+ TO PARENTS SO THAT THEY MAY DETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

/BY DOING