Why Sexual Defilement of Female Minors is not Reported in Lagos State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOjo, Matthias Olufemi Dada
dc.contributor.authorAbisoye, Amos Olutunde
dc.contributor.authorFawole, Olufemi Adeniyi
dc.contributor.authorChikezie, Jude
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T13:50:42Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T13:50:42Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractOne of the problems that make it difficult to fight sexual defilement of minors is non-report of the cases to law enforcement agencies in the country. This study, therefore, investigated the reasons why victims of sexual defilement of minors and their parents would not report incidences of defilement to authority. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Data were collected through qualitative and quantitative methods. These involved two in-depth interviews and 100 questionnaire survey of court officials (77) and social workers (23). Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis, while quantitative data were analysed using frequency distribution. Fifty - Six percent of the sampled court officials were female; 79.0 of them were married and 81.0 of them had between 1 to 3 children.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2276-9013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3281
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMadonna University, Okija, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2;1
dc.subjectsexual defilementen_US
dc.subjectcourten_US
dc.subjectfemaleen_US
dc.subjectvictimen_US
dc.titleWhy Sexual Defilement of Female Minors is not Reported in Lagos State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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