Factors Influencing Rehabilitation Programs in Juvenile Correction Centers: a Case of Shikusa Borstal Institution, Kenya
Abstract
Offenders are taken to the rehabilitation centers and schools for character reformation
and eventual reintegration back to the society. The government of Kenya has
established rehabilitation schools with the aim of correcting and reforming the
delinquent adolescent into adjusted productive citizens. These rehabilitation centers
have programs designed to meet this objectives, however, the ability of these schools
to deliver the programs in a manner that is beneficial to this group of youths is
questionable. The objective of this study will be to establish factors influencing
achievement of Juvenile rehabilitation programs in juvenile correctional centers in
Kakamega East Sub County, a case of Shikusa Borstal institution. The study will be
guided by the following objectives; How psychosocial support, education and
training, managerial skills and competence and juvenile support approaches influence
the achievement of juvenile rehabilitation programs in Shikusa Borstal institution.
Literature was reviewed from previous studies and journals. This study will adopt a
descriptive research design that will be applicable in this study. Descriptive research
designs attempts to describe the way the situations exist at the time of the study
without manipulating the research conditions. That will aim to establish factors
influencing rehabilitation programs in juvenile correctional centers. The Target
population will be 150 members of staff and 350 juvenile offenders who will form the
population from which a sample will be derived from. The collection technique
included document analysis, questionnaires and interviews. The instruments were
self-made. Piloting of the instrument that sought to ascertain validity of the
instrument, reliability was assessed using test – retest reliability technique. The
instrument was piloted twice to determine if the responses was consistence. Data was
analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentage counts and
presented using frequency and percentage tables and cross tabulations. Quantitative
data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 17.0.
Quantitative data was presented as guided by themes and objectives and reported in a
narrative way, frequencies and percentage tables presented quantitative data while
categorical responses on the dependent variable on the factors influencing the
adoption of water, sanitation and hygiene practices were cross tabulated.
Recommendations from the study will be useful to all stakeholders involved in the
juvenile correctional and rehabilitation to enhance policy formulation towards
effective rehabilitation programs in juvenile correctional centers.M
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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