The role of juvenile delinquency and intelligence to the stability of social system with reference to Pakhtoon culture

The present research was to examine the level of intelligence among juvenile prisoners and non-delinquent boys of the same age group with rural and urban background respectively. The main purpose of the study was to look into the factors like family size and number of children does affect the socialization process with the same rate at both life patterns, mentioned above. A total sample of N=30 subjects was randomly selected i.e., fifteen (n=15) juvenile delinquents of Central Prison Haripur and fifteen (n=15) non-delinquent boys from different schools of Peshawar. The subjects were contacted through proper channels for juvenile delinquents in jail. Permission was taken from the jail administration authority and non-delinquents were contacted through permission from the heads of their 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 convicted juvenile delinquents. It was further assumed that number of siblings more specifically male siblings will have a contributory role in developing delinquent behavior. Which were supported by the results i.e., significant difference was, found in the intelligence level of delinquents and non-delinquent boys (p less than .0001). It was also found that greater the number of siblings greater would be the chances for- delinquency (p less than .01). It was concluded that intelligence is one of the important factor of personality and healthy social life of an individual along with the family as the integral part of socialization providing stability and consistency to the social system. Thus emphasis is needed to look into functioning of the social system in terms of socialization and personality with reference to Pakhtoon society.