Introduction
Reformatory houses are very important in changing behavior because they help to prepare delinquents to be able to adapt to the society and live straight lives once again. Because of its important to the society, reformatory aspect is very important in the society because sometimes the delinquents are usually overexposed as these program help in protecting them from that influence like, keeping them away from street gangs or individuals with tainted character.
A number of researches have been conducted over the same and the outcomes have been quite consistent and most suppose that children were satisfied with the services they got from the reformatory institutions. The support cited as being very beneficial is the social support, psychological, and legal perception. Consequently, the delinquents who go through these places come back to the society as reformed members who are ready to work hard and earn an honest living which will guarantee that they would not fall back to the aggression and dishonest life. The houses are positively beneficial as they offer services to a group of people that are deemed as very dangerous to the community.
Being able to manage delinquent and change their perception of life and their effort and contribution to support themselves is a high merit thing to do because it emphasizes human values1. In Saudi Arabia, therefore, the program is doing considerably well in training delinquent on how adapt and interact with the society that had probably labeled them as criminals2. When these delinquents can execute acceptable behavior, then they will be producing members of the society and not the crooks they used to be.
The Rationale of the Study
Despite the fact that many youth appreciate that the help and support they get from reformatory houses is very beneficial in guiding their adaptation and survival in the society after they leave these house, some of them fall back into crime life3. This study therefore finds it pertinent to determine how the delinquents are satisfied, which facts they based their opinions on and which aspects of life were not satisfied. It’s believed that the recidivism to crime is mainly because of lack of adequate support in the cultural and educational program of the reformatory houses. The young constitute a greater percentage of the Saudi Arabia and taking care of them is a responsible thing to do.
Problem of Study
As much as reformatory houses have programs that help to train youths to change this behavior from offenders to law abiding citizens, several social drawbacks face these programs. These drawbacks range from social to cultural to economic problems and as a result, the delinquents fail to cope well when they come face to face with the society that stigmatized them. In this study, being able to identify these setbacks to the reformatory house programs will offer implementers of the behavior change program basis to develop solutions.
Importance of the Study
Based on the fact that the youths who are categorized as juvenile offender need more care in the society, reformatory program success is pertinent hence this investigation4. The childhood development and experiences determine the character of an individual. Any of the programs that are set to address the character of the youth and protect them from crime is deemed important effort to secure their future and that of the community at large5.
This research is important to program implementer and the society in that it provides crucial information especially the factors that lead to these juvenile offenders returning to delinquency. This means the administration of the reformatory house in addressing the problem of having the juvenile go back to old habits of crime. The program administrators will be able to use the information to address the setbacks and to devise solutions to them. Simply, this study will offer basis for developing a framework of dealing with juvenile delinquents in a way they would not do back to committing crimes and curbing its spread.
Objectives of study
- To determine the factor that results in juveniles returning to delinquency after coming out from reformatory houses
- Address the obstacles that face reformatories in addressing cases of the corrupt individuals and the qualifying program
- Addressing the qualifying program before leaving a reformatory.
- Developing programs that would greatly reduce possibility of going back to crime
Methodology
This would be a descriptive study and will employ survey method of research to collect data. That participant in the survey will be drawn from social workers and supervisor working in reformatory houses in the kingdom Saudi Arabia. These participants will give insightful responses about the program at reformatories because these are the people who deal with the delinquent juveniles directly. Besides, they could be perceptive of very important information that could be causing the return to crime as they are the ones who evaluate the needs of the juveniles and design program to address these needs. Specifically, semi-structured questionnaires will be developed for data collection.
Two questionnaires will be prepared for the two groups of responders, one for the social workers at the reformatories and their supervisors and another questionnaire for the juveniles who returned to crime then to reformatories. Based on the variable in this research analysis of data will be done by the use of SPSS following which planning indicators would be developed.
References List
Al-Amri Study (1996): Returning to Delinquency In Light of Social Factors – A Social Study of the Delinquency of Some Juveniles at Reformatory Houses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Garni Abdulaziz, (2002): This research studies how far the delinquent juveniles are satisfied with the social care services presented to them at the social reformatory houses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Non published master degree thesis, Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences in Riyadh.
Al-Ghareeb, A. University Student Attitude towards Social and Political Reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Field Study, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, (1), pp 123-45.
Al-Maiz, Mohammad Abdullah, (2003): Tendencies of Juveniles at Reformatory Institutions towards Workers at These Institutions, Master thesis, Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences in Riyadh.
Al-Qarni Study (2002).
Al-Rashoudi Study (1993).
Al-Rauji, Abdullah Turki Mohammad, (2004): Assessing Vocational Qualification Programs in Reformatory Institutions, non published master thesis, Naif Academy for Security Sciences in Riyadh.
Al-Rumaih, Saleh bin Rumaih, (2004) Social Programs for Categories Exposed to Risks, Debate of Security in Risk Society during 13-15/4/1423H, Alsharqa, United Arab Emirates.
Al-Sadhan, Abdullah, (2002), Care for Delinquent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Basics of their care and ways of treating them, Debate of ” Juvenile Care in Islamic Culture and Muslim Society, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Deputy Ministry for Social Affairs, Riyadh.
Al-Shihri, Nassir (2001): about tendencies of the delinquent juveniles towards the programs presented to them at the social care house in Riyadh. This is a survey study about the juveniles at the social reformatory house in Riyadh. Non published master degree thesis, Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences in Riyadh.
Bencomo, C. 2008. The last holdouts: ending the juvenile death penalty in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, New York: Human Rights Watch Organization.
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Footnotes
- Friday, P.C., & Ren, X. (eds). (2006). Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Systems in the Non-Western World. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.
- Al-Ghareeb, A. University Student Attitude towards Social and Political Reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Field Study, Journal of Social Sciences , Vol. 2, (1),pp 123-45.
- Dammer, H.R., & Albanese, J.S., (2010), Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, Boston: Cengage Learning, p. 210 -12.
- Bencomo, C. 2008. The last holdouts: ending the juvenile death penalty in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, New York: Human Rights Watch Organization.
- Ibid., p.5.