Scholarly work in the Department of Sociology and Criminology

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    Analysis of Family Role in Hiv/Aids Prevention among the Ilajes’ of South Western Nigeria
    (Sapientia Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Development Studies, 2022-06) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi
    The global statistics on HIV/AIDS still show that over 40 million persons are infected. The sub-Saharan African countries contain above 60 percent of the Global burden and Nigeria, carries about 8 percent of the Global burden (Ifeanyi, 2004). There has been a steady increase in the HIV/AIDS prevalence in Nigeria is since the 1980s. While worldwide spending on AIDS treatment totalled between $3.3million and 4.5 million in 1990, only two percent of the money was spent in Africa where 50 percent of the world’s AIDS cases are found. Expectedly, the developed countries provided over 84 percent of the amount. However the world health organization stressed that in order to have any real hope of slowing the spread of the epidemic, the world needs to spend at least 20 times more in developing countries in the global fight against AIDS. The organization also pointed out that what the world community commits to preventing AIDS in the4 next couple of years will directly affect the course of the epidemic over the next two or three decades. In response to the epidemic, various measures have been taken at the local, national and international levels to prevent the transmission. Despite such programmes for prevention, efforts to date have not been sufficiently impactful to adequately control HIV/AIDS. Various drugs have been invented, new once are being discovered and administered, yet people are still being infected and are still subjected to various excruciating experiences. Prevention remains the best way of capturing the epidemic. Therefore in recognition of existing lacunae in previous programmes and attempts made to prevent the epidemic, the study examines roles of the family in HIV/AIDS prevention.
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    Big Brother Nigeria: Its Violations against National Broadcasting Commission Regulations.
    (International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2022-09) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi; Akinlotan Joan Temitope; Akazue Victor Ikechukwu; Oladipo Eunice Molayo
    Big Brother Nigeria is a reality show in which a group of persons are brought together while being continuously watched by the viewing public in a house through a television camera. In this reality TV show, contestants are confined in a house and compete to escape eviction so as to win prizes ranging from large sums of money to exotic cars and business contracts. The reality TV show was first debut in Nigeria in 2006. This study investigated the patterns and extent of obscene and uncensored content aired on the Big Brother Nigeria show to ascertain if the contents reflect the value and guidelines layer down by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in promoting Nigerians culture and value. This study adopted content analysis as a design tool and twelve episodes of the show were analyzed while one hundred and twenty sexual acts were identified in the show. The result of this study showed a high concentration of sexual acts ranging from kissing, caressing, touching, erotic dances, intercourse, etc similarly their inappropriate mode of dressing such as skimpy skirts, transparent dresses, bum shorts were all worn on the Big Brother Naija show. This show goes against our culture and attacks the root of society which is morality because our culture preaches against nudity, use of foul languages, public display of affection and sex on the television screen. These findings recommend that the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission should sanction the Big Brother Nigeria show when not to be broadcast content (NTBB) are aired on the show and they should be afraid of powerful interests to expose the public to such ignominy and immorality. Parents and guidance should also protect their teenagers from viewing X-rated contents or shows on cable TV. Therefore, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission still has a lot to do in ensuring quality broadcast content are presented to the viewing public.
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    Causes and Effect of Gambling Attitude among Private University Students: A Study of Crawford University Igbesa Ogun State
    (Sapientia Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Development Studies, 2022-06) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi
    Gambling is a form of behavior that has been identified to have serious consequences on gamblers health, study-habits, academic performance, and has been reported to be related to some criminal related behaviors. This study examines the causes and effect of gambling among private university students using Crawford University as a case study. In executing this research, social learning theory of gambling was adopted, which postulate that gambling as a form of behavior is highly subjected to reinforcement and reward, the method of analysis adopted in this study is the frequency and percentages under the analysis. The sample for the study consists of undergraduates of Crawford university students, the study found that 67.5% of the students of Crawford University engage in gambling activities, out of which 82.7% are male and 14.3% are female. Majority of the respondent who ever gambled reported that they engage in such activities because they needed money. Despite the fact that some of these students come from a rich home and well educated parents, they still needed more money than their regular allowances. The study thereby suggests that the University through its entrepreneur center should empower students, vocational training with the aim of profit making and then organize on orientation on peer influence.
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    Child Trafficking as a Social Problem in Nigerian Society: A Survey of Ikeja Local Government Area Residents of Lagos, Lagos State
    (International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2024-07) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi
    This research examines the phenomenon of child trafficking in Nigeria and reasons for victims’ vulnerability. It discussed the motivations for child trafficking and identified poverty as a major cause for victim’s vulnerability. The research draws on information from primary sources (questionnaire). This study identifies the major causes of child trafficking: high level of illiteracy, unemployment and poor standard of living were identified. Questionnaire was administered to collect relevant data which were analysed, using percentage and chi-square. It was discovered that poor family background, poverty, large family size, rapid urbanization among others are the major factors why many Nigerian children are vulnerable to trafficking. Having identified the causes, recommendations were made to help in solving the problem such as Broad production, Preventive actions and Law enforcement.
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    Insecurity: Rethinking Community Policing and Crime Management in Ikeja Area of Lagos State
    (International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2021-12) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi; Akazue Debrah Gloria
    The provision of adequate security is a social pre-requisite for the survival of any society. However, in countries such as Nigeria, the emergence and growth of community policing has thrived on the inadequacies, shortcomings and several inadequacies attributed to formal policing systems. The Nigerian police force have been severely criticised for several atrocities, including its inability to curtail crimes as such many people have turned to community policing. This study therefore examines the community policing and crime management in Ikeja in terms of its forms, roles, efficacy and challenges in the management of crime. The study adopted the survey research design. Data for the study was collected through the quantitative method from a total of 400 respondents selected through the multi-stage sampling technique. Findings from the study showed that the use of community policing as a security agent in Ikeja has led to a moderate decline in crime rates. The study also found that the most profound reasons for the adoption of community policing are police ineffectiveness and increases in crime wave. Other reasons found by the study include lack of police presence. Findings from the study also showed that members of the Ikeja community identify the roles of community policing in crime prevention and perceive it as a positive compared to the roles performed by the NPF. However, as indicated by the study, community policing is beset by challenges that affect its performance, these include; institutional constraints, police perception, god-father-ism and poor funding. Based on the study findings, the study recommends a restructuring of the NPF that considers grey areas such as police public image and the lack of public trust and partnership.
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    Opinion Survey On Parental And Peer Group Factors Of Juvenile Delinquency In Ketu- Adie Owe Community In Ogun State
    (International Journal of Social & Management Sciences, Madonna University (IJSMS), 2017-03) Abisoye Amos Olutunde; Olaniyi Mary Ikeola; Ojo Matthias Olufemi Dada; Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi; Edegbai Martha Abua
    Parental and peer group factors are very cogent in consideration of causes of juvenile delinquency in every society. This paper, therefore, surveyed the opinions of Ketu – Adie Owe Community in Ado/Odo/Ota local government of Ogun State on the parental and peer group factors that cause the engagement of juveniles in anti – social behaviour. Descriptive survey design was adopted in the study. Data were collected through quantitative method. This involved seventy – three copies of questionnaire administered among community residents that were conveniently sampled for the study. The quantitative data were analysed using tables of frequency and percentage distribution. Fifty – nine percent of the respondents were female; 49.3% of them were married and 39.7% of them had 2 or 3 persons in their families. The analyses in the study show that all the respondents (100%) opined that divorce parents encourage juvenile delinquency; lack of parental supervision was affirmed by 89.9% of the 154 respondents as a cause; lack or poor parental skills was signified by 62.5% of the respondents; 74.3% was of the opinion that pampering leads to deviant behaviours among juveniles; a total of 89.1% of the respondents agreed that rejection of children (lack of love, care and affection) will cause juvenile delinquency in children. Data analyses on peer group influences show that 83.1% of the respondents affirmed that if juveniles associate with cult members they will become delinquent; 79.0% of the respondents identified association with group involved in examination malpractice as a factor that will cause delinquency; 84.4% of them chose association with drug users as a cause; 55.0% of the respondents opined that associating with bullies will make juveniles to be delinquent; 85.4% of them identified association with group that engages in theft as a cause and finally, 68.3% affirmed that when juveniles associate with group that plays truancy, they will become delinquent. The study recommends that parents need to teach their children the norms of the society. It further calls for control and prevention of drug abuse. Alleviation of poverty; avoidance of bad peer groups; good parental skills; avoidance of divorce; acceptance of children in love; good parental supervision and avoidance of pampering were also recommended in the study.
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    Opinion Survey on Socio-Economic Factors of Juvenile Delinquency In Ketu – Adie Owe Community in Ogun State
    (International Journal of Social & Management Sciences, Madonna University (IJSMS), 2017-03) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi; Ojo Matthias Olufemi Dada; Abisoye Amos Olatunde; Aina Oluwasola Abiodun; Edegbai Martha Abua
    Socio – economic factors play prominent roles in determining the behaviours of children in the society. This study, therefore, investigated the opinions of Ketu Adie – Owe community in Ado – Odo / Ota Localgovernment of Ogun State, on the socio – economic factors that cause juvenile delinquency. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Data were collected through quantitative method. This involved seventy – three copies of questionnaire administered among community residents conveniently sampled for the study. Quantitative data were analysed using table of frequency and percentage distributions. Fifty – nine percent of the respondents were female; 49.3% of them were married and 39.7% of them had family size of 2 to 3 persons. The analyses in the study show that 97.2% of the respondents affirmed poverty as a cause of delinquency; 89.0% of them opined broken homes, 83.3% concurred on low family income as a cause, 84.5% of the respondents signified lack of parental control as a cause of delinquent behaviours; 82.2% affirmed that delinquency in juveniles is caused by pressure from bad peer groups and 77.8% of the respondents affirmed lack of moral / religious instructions from parents as a factor leading children to delinquent behaviour. The study recommends speedy economy recovery; discouragement of broken homes; adequate parental control and sound moral / religious instructions to children as panaceas to the problem of juvenile delinquency in our society.
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    Reward Management System on Public Sector Employees: A Function of Job Performance and Workers’ Welfare (A Study of Lagos State University, Ojo)
    (International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2024-03) Akinlotan Raymond Adeniyi; Akinlotan Joan Temitope; Oguntuase Ruth Olayemi
    Despite over many decades of substantial theoretical and methodological investigations into the components of job satisfaction, the subject has to date continued to attract considerable attention from theorists, practitioners and academicians alike in both the developed and developing countries. This is not unconnected with the general belief that a just and efficient reward management system enhances workers’ morale and improves their effectiveness and performance at the workplace. The descriptive survey research method was used and the study population was made up of academic, non-academic and senior academic staff of Lagos State University. The first hypothesis sought to find out if there was any significant difference between financial and non-financial reward management and workers’ effectiveness; and the second hypothesis determined if reward incentive positively affected employee performance. The findings showed that, there is a significant relationship between monetary rewards and employees’ performance among LASU (Lagos State University) staff. It also showed that, there was a significant difference between financial and non-financial reward management and workers’ effectiveness, and that reward incentive positively affected employee performance. The paper recommended that a well-articulated blue-print on employees reward and motivation should be designed whereby the management would identify the types of incentive schemes and improve funding of the University, among other recommendations.