IMPACT OF PARENTING STYLE AND PEER PRESSURE ON CRIMINAL PROPENSITY AMONG MALE AND FEMALE YOUNG ADULTS

His paper attempts to study the effect of Parenting Style and Peer Pressure on Criminal Propensity of Young Adults and also attempts to explore whether there exists a gender difference. The research design used is Ex-Post Facto Research Design, Correlational in nature. The study consisted of 150 young adults, 83 males and 67 females, between the age ranges of 17 to 24 years belonging to Lucknow city. The results reveal that Authoritarian Parenting Style is significantly associated with high criminal propensity and Peer Pressure had no significant effect on criminal propensity of Young adults. However, none the variables predicted criminal propensity. The study found no significant gender difference on criminal propensity, parenting style or peer pressure.