ABSTRACT
Causes of crime have become a major public concern worldwide. Unlike developed or high countries, many developing countries have made very little progress towards addressing this problem. There are ways to reduce crime and lower the tool from offenders who commit crime. The purpose of this work is to elucidate ways to accomplish this goal in context of Sapele local government area of Delta state. The result for the chi-square analysis for the first variable (unemployment) showed at 0.05 significance level, unemployment is one of the major cause of crime in Sapele, Delta state. The result for the chi-square analysis for the second variable (illiteracy) showed at 0.05 significance level, illiteracy is a major cause of crime in Sapele, Delta state. The result for the chi-square analysis for the third variable (poverty) showed at 0.05 significance level, poverty is a major cause of crime in Sapele, Delta state. Analysis on the average occurrence of reported cases of crime from 2008-2014 showed a total of 2145 crime was reported during the period which gave an average of 536.5 (year). Based on the findings, recommendations are preferred on how to reduce the phenomenon of crimes committed on Sapele, Delta State Nigeria.
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