Abstract
Increased incidences of crime across the country are becoming a matter of grave concern.
Of even greater concern, however, is the growing number of youths who are taking to
crime. The study aimed at finding out socio-economic factors that contribute to criminal
behavior among the youth; to establish whether family socialization practices have an
influence on criminal behavior among the youth; to investigate the influence of peer
groups on criminal behavior among the youth and to find out whether the media has an
influence on criminal behavior among the youth. The study adopted descriptive survey............