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Type of crime | Frequency | Percentage |
Theft | 74 | 29.7 |
Drugs | 41 | 16.4 |
Mischief and Mayhem | 41 | 16.4 |
Murder | 14 | 5.6 |
Evil-doing | 55 | 22 |
Two or more crimes | 10 | 4 |
Other crimes[1] | 15 | 6 |
Total | 250 | 100 |
Gender | Males | Females | ||
Delinquency | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage |
Theft | 69 | 34.5 | 5 | 10 |
Drugs | 36 | 18 | 5 | 10 |
Mischief and mayhem | 39 | 19.5 | 2 | 4 |
Murder | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 |
Evil-doing | 23 | 11.5 | 32 | 64 |
Two or more crimes | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Other crimes | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 200 | 100 | 50 | 100 |
Level of education | Illiterate | Primary School | Guidance School | High School | Diploma | Total | ||||||
Delinquency | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage |
Theft | 10 | 13.5 | 27 | 36.5 | 26 | 35.1 | 10 | 13.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 74 | 100 |
Drugs | 5 | 12.2 | 11 | 26.8 | 22 | 53.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 2.4 | 41 | 100 |
Mischief and mayhem | 1 | 2.4 | 7 | 17.1 | 22 | 53.7 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 4.9 | 41 | 100 |
Murder | 2 | 14.3 | – | – | 7 | 50 | 3 | 21.4 | 2 | 14.3 | 41 | 100 |
Evil-doing | – | – | 5 | 9.1 | 33 | 60 | 14 | 25.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 14 | 100 |
Two or more crimes | 1 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 100 |
Other crimes | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 13.3 | 7 | 46.7 | – | – | 2 | 13.3 | 55 | 100 |
Living with family | They live with family | They do not live with family | ||
Delinquency | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage |
Theft | 28 | 22.8 | 46 | 36.2 |
Drugs | 17 | 13.8 | 24 | 18.9 |
Mischief and mayhem | 29 | 23.6 | 12 | 9.4 |
Murder | 9 | 7.3 | 5 | 3.9 |
Evil-doing | 26 | 21.1 | 29 | 22.8 |
Two or more crimes | 3 | 2.4 | 7 | 5.5 |
Other crimes | 11 | 8.9 | 4 | 3.1 |
Total | 123 | 100 | 127 | 100 |