THE ROLE OF J UVENILE DELINQUENCY AND INTELLIGENCE TO THE STABILITY OF SOCIAL SYSTEM WITH REFERENCE TO PAKHTOON CULTURE

The present research was to examine the level ofintelligence amongjuvenile prisoners and non-delinquentboys of the same age group with rural and urban background respectively. The main purpose of the study was tolook into the fa ctors like fa mily size and number ofchildren does affect the socialization process with the same rateat both life patterns, mentioned above. A total sample ofN= 30 subjects was randomly selected i.e., fiftee n ( n=15)j uvenile delinquents of Central Prison Haripur and fifte en (n=15) non-delinquent boys from different schools ofPeshawar. The subjec ts were contacted through proper channels fo r j uvenile delinquents in jail. Permission wastaken from the jail administration authority and non-delinquents were contacted through permission from the headsoftheir schools. Standard Progressive Matrices was applied on both groups and results were formulated according.It was hypothesized that the level of intelligence will be higher in non-delinquent boys as compared to convictedjuvenile delinquents. It was f urther assumed that number of siblings more specifically male siblings will have acontributory role in developing delinquent behavior. Which were supported by the results i.e., significant differencewasfo und in the intelligence level ofdelinquents and non-delinquent boys (p .0001) It was also fou nd that greaterthe number ofsiblings greater will be the chances for delinquency (p .0l. It was concluded that intelligence is oneof the important factor of personality and healthy social life of an individual along with the family as the integralpart of socialization providing stability and consistency to the social system. Thus emphasis is needed to look intofu nctioning of the social system in terms ofsocialization and personality with reference to Pakhtoon society.