Predicting Youth Sexual Deviance: The Case of Risky Sexual Behaviour among Ghanaian Adolescents

Cofie, Nicholas N.S.

ISBN 10: 3838382080 / ISBN 13: 9783838382081

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Predicting Youth Sexual Deviance: The Case of Risky Sexual Behaviour among Ghanaian Adolescents
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838382080
• ISBN 13: 9783838382081
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

For over two decades now, much has been learned about the scourge of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially in the most advanced societies. But although sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the brunt of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and other sexually transmitted diseases, very few studies in the region and for that matter Ghana have systematically and exclusively examined adolescent risky sexual behaviour in a manner that is theoretically consistent with the unique socio-cultural norms that govern sexuality in the society. Given that involvement in risky sexual behaviour constitutes sexual deviance in the Ghanaian context, and from the ontological position that behaviour is a product of structure and human agency (Sewell 1992), this study employs the theories of social control (Hirschi 1969), power control (Hagan et al. 1979, 1985,1987, 2002; McCarthy et al. 1999) and rational choice (Cornish and Clarke 1986) in examining the predictors of risky sexual behaviour among Ghanaian adolescents. Overall findings suggest a mixed support for the theoretical expectations. Policy implications and direction for future research are also addressed.

About the Author

Nicholas Cofie is currently a Ph.D student in the Department of Sociology at Queen's university,Canada. His main research interests are in the areas of conventional sexual behaviour vis-à-vis sexual deviance, social demography and family sociology. He is also a member of the Canadian Population Society.