An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B

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dc.contributor.advisorGxubane, Thulaneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMguzulwa, Sisandaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T14:08:12Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T14:08:12Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe overall aim of the study was to explore male youths' perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence (YGV) on their educational attainment. A qualitative research design was adapted in this study. A non-probability purposive snowball sampling was adopted in the research. The study used a semi-structured interview schedule as a research tool in conducting in-depth interviews with the respondents. The research respondents were young males between 14 and 20 years, some of whom were high school drop-outs, while some were learners in high school and some had recently completed Grade 12. The findings showed that most of the research participants were negatively impacted by their involvement in YGV. The findings showed that YGV affected their attendance and performance at school. The study further showed that some of the research participants in the study repeated some grades at school and some dropped out of school because of the influence of YGV. The study also showed that the respondents were keen to further their studies regardless of their involvement in YGV. The respondents recognised the importance of education in their lives in order to fulfil their future goals. The study further indicated that the respondents had no intentions of continuing with YGV, because they wanted to focus on their schooling. They also suggested that young people should not join YGV, because it would destroy their lives, for example by having criminal records, being delayed in their education attainment, and dying very young.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMguzulwa, S. (2014). <i>An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12850en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMguzulwa, Sisanda. <i>"An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12850en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMguzulwa, S. 2014. An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mguzulwa, Sisanda AB - The overall aim of the study was to explore male youths' perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence (YGV) on their educational attainment. A qualitative research design was adapted in this study. A non-probability purposive snowball sampling was adopted in the research. The study used a semi-structured interview schedule as a research tool in conducting in-depth interviews with the respondents. The research respondents were young males between 14 and 20 years, some of whom were high school drop-outs, while some were learners in high school and some had recently completed Grade 12. The findings showed that most of the research participants were negatively impacted by their involvement in YGV. The findings showed that YGV affected their attendance and performance at school. The study further showed that some of the research participants in the study repeated some grades at school and some dropped out of school because of the influence of YGV. The study also showed that the respondents were keen to further their studies regardless of their involvement in YGV. The respondents recognised the importance of education in their lives in order to fulfil their future goals. The study further indicated that the respondents had no intentions of continuing with YGV, because they wanted to focus on their schooling. They also suggested that young people should not join YGV, because it would destroy their lives, for example by having criminal records, being delayed in their education attainment, and dying very young. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B TI - An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12850 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12850
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMguzulwa S. An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12850en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Worken_ZA
dc.titleAn exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site Ben_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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