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The purpose of this study was to explore the Social Cause of Juvenile Delinquency at Axum Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Northern Ethiopia. It was to investigate the demographic and the socio-economic statuses of juveniles. It also investigated the type of different offenses committed by juveniles. To this end, the study was carried out using mixed research method. Structured questionnaires and key informant interviews used as tools of data collection. The study involved 80 inmates selected by systematic random sampling technique from a total list of 155 inmates. The study found that 96.25% of respondents belong to the age between 13 and 17 years old. About 86.25 % of the respondents were males; and 68.75% of the juvenile delinquents were from rural areas and poor family backgrounds. The study sample was also characterized by a low level of education. The results of the study are congruent with what exists in literatures indicating economic problems or poverty is the major cause for many juvenile’s involvements in crimes. It was also found that 26.25% of the juveniles were institutionalized out of peer influences. Besides, other social factors including dysfunctional families, large family size, rural urban migration, and quality in family relationships, lack of parental control and the availability of alcohol and, drugs in the neighborhood influenced these young into crime and delinquency. about the type of crime committed by the juveniles, the study revealed that theft and related crimes were mostly committed by a juvenile than any other offense.

Social Causes of Juvenile Delinquency: The Case of Axum Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Northern Ethiopia