 Ramesh Deosaran (2007)

 School Violence and Delinquency: The Dynamics of

Race, Gender, Class, Age and Parenting in the
Caribbean.
 There is a relationship between students socio-
demographic background and the level and kinds of
school violence and delinquency.
• While both male and female students commit
acts of delinquency (Luis and Kaplan 1999)
stated that boys commit more serious acts of
delinquency especially violent or property
offences. However there is an increasing trend
towards female violence.
• The convergence phenomenon is becoming
evident as female delinquency is increasing in
physical violence and substance abuse.
• Traditional theorists see a weak relationship
between social class and delinquency.
• Poverty Delinquency Crime Thesis
• The chances of child that is from a lower social
class and not living with both parents, the chances
of going to a ‘prestige’ school are quite low.
• 72% lower class students belonged to the junior
secondary, 60% composite and comprehensive,
47% Government Secondary and 18% government
assisted.
• Educational elitism is bred at kindergarden to
teritiary education.
• According to Deosaran(2007) African and
Mixed students are more likely to commit
delinquent acts.
• Least amongst violence committed is amongst
East Indian students
• To account for this the phenomenological
approach can be used to account for the where
the cultural processes and the meaning of
things play a significant role in the race-
delinquency thesis.
• The relationship between the parent structure
and delinquency is strong and consistent.
Students who committed delinquent acts were
either living with mother only. Single
parenting does not breed delinquency but
quality of the relationship- parent-child bond.
• Data suggested that social class and parent
structure which suggests the lack of resources
may also be a challenge in caring and guiding
students in single parent homes.
 Substance abuse, drug abuse, violence and
bullying is found to be committed by the 16- 18
years unlike the 10- 12 year old bracket.
 These are breeding the gang formation and
female delinquency.
 The school type seems to enforce the self filling
prophecy. As there is link between academic
performance and the school type.
 However with regard to violence and
delinquency there is lesser degree in the
government assisted school. Therefore it does
not eliminate its existence.
• Being poor should place affected groups in a
position for more urgent attention regarding
education, enrolment, and levels of education
attained. At the very least, they should not be
disadvantaged, either by the education system
or the economic environment, if they are to
receive the necessary preparation for
participation in the labour force, at an income
level which affords them a decent standard of
living.