@article{ajap2018613,
author={Makelele, Basile Mulwani},
title={Etiology of Juvenile Criminality in Kinshasa Said <i>Kuluna</i> Phenomenon},
journal={American Journal of Applied Psychology},
volume={6},
number={1},
pages={14--22},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajap/6/1/3},
issn={2333-4738},
abstract={<b>Background</b>: The <i>kuluna</i> phenomenon is a shape of juvenile delinquency which continues and terrorizes the City of Kinshasa, the main characteristics of which are violence, theft, and sometimes rape in teenagers' band. <b>Objective</b>: this study aims at describing the opinions moved forward by the students of the ISP/Gombe as the causes of the juvenile criminality in Kinshasa. <b>Results</b>: it emerges from our investigations that the questioned students consider several causes of the <i>kuluna</i>, the lack of occupation of which is in pole position (28,81 %), followed by the bad education (24,58 %), the poverty (13,56 %), the not schooling of the children (12,71 %) as well as bad influence (11,86 %); while the absence of the parents (3,39 %), the demonic ownership as well as the bad governance (1,69 %) close the list. <b>Conclusion</b>: We should attack thus not only the behavior young deviants of <i>kuluna</i>, but olso resolve the problem of the causes and multi-form or multisectorial factors. And Psychologist must be associated on the questions of <i>kuluna </i>behavior's, as researcher, psycho-educational therapist, expert, assessor, trainer or informant.},
doi={10.12691/ajap-6-1-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}