Punishing Delinquency: Views of the Secondary School Teachers to Control Delinquency in Sindh, Pakistan

Juvenile delinquency is an antisocial behavior committed by minor group of people. Being antisocial, family members, law enforcement agencies and school administration are concerned with controlling it. This article provides understanding about it and how it can be controlled in the school context. The structured questionnaire filled by a sample of 345 teachers conveniently selected out of 2540 appointed teachers in a district of Hyderabad and analyzed through SPSS provide an understanding about what delinquent acts take place within schools and how teachers control them. The delinquent acts as lying, physical assault and truancy were observed by the teachers being motivated by social media including mobile phones, TV and Internet, and family and company of friends. The teachers perceived educating process as training and discipline students; however, more emphatically they believed physical punishment as controlling delinquency within the students. This article suggests education process should be delivered with effective manner.