Ming Chuan University Department of Criminal Justice

Huang,Fu-Yuan Dean of School of Social Sciences of Ming Chuan University was interviewed by the Central News Agency	2020/8/9

Survey: More than 90% of people worry about youth addiction to Internet drug abuse 2020-08-09 11:36 Central News Agency reporter Xu Zhiwei, Taipei, 9th According to a survey conducted by the Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation, 70% of the people believe that juvenile delinquency is serious, more than 90% are worried about young people’s addiction to the Internet and drug abuse, and 80% think that if young people like to go to school, they can reduce deviant behavior. The Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation today released a poll on deviant behaviors among young people. The poll was conducted from July 13 to 15 of 22 counties and cities over the age of 20 through telephone interviews. The effective sample number is 1069, with 95% confidence. Under the standard, the positive and negative sampling error value is 3 percentage points. The survey found that 61.3% of the people believed that teenagers were physically bullied at school, 77.6% believed that they were verbally bullied at school, and 70.9% thought they were bullied online; when teenagers suffered long-term frustrations in school, 72.5% People think it may cause emotional distress, 59.4% think it may cause self-destruction, and 58.6% think it may cause refusal to study. According to the survey, 97.9% of the people worry about youth drug abuse, 94.9% worry about teenagers joining gangs, 90.4% worry about teenagers stealing, 92.2% worry about teenagers addicted to the Internet, and 90.6% worry about teenagers relying too much on mobile phones and affecting their lives; school-related deviant behaviors among teenagers Among the factors, 78.3% of the people believe that they are badly influenced by classmates, and 57% think that they are affected by long-term frustrations in learning. As for the reasons for the self-harm of young people, the survey pointed out that 71.4% of the people think it is related to poor interpersonal relationships, and 65.4% think it is too stressful to study; 86.7% of the people think that if teenagers are interested in learning and like to go to school, they will reduce deviant behaviors, 76.2% They think that school education should strengthen the cultivation of learning interest, 71.6% think that a positive outlook on life should be strengthened, and 60.3% think that emotional control should be strengthened. A few days ago, high school students slashed elementary school students with knives. The survey showed that 49.7% of the people believed that teenagers should bear the greatest responsibility; 51.9% believed that the parents or guardians of teenagers should bear the greatest responsibility, and 16.4% believed that the school Teachers should bear the greatest responsibility. 76.3% believe that the problem of juvenile crime in today's society is serious. Huang,Fu-Yuan Dean of School of Social Sciences and Chair of Criminal Justice Department of Ming Chuan University, mentioned that in the past, people often attribute crimes and deviant behaviors to education, but this survey shows that people’s views have changed, and people’s views on school teachers have changed. Expectations have also increased, thinking that as long as school work is done well and students are interested in learning, it can help reduce deviant behaviors among young people. Huang,Fu-Yuan pointed out that according to the Criminal Police Bureau’s data, the number of juvenile offenders has shown a downward trend in recent years, but the public’s susceptibility to crime is still strong; the public is more concerned about youths encountering non-contact bullying such as verbal and online bullying than physical contact bullying. People are also more worried about self-injury violations such as youth addiction to the Internet and relying on mobile phones than crimes and other injury-type violations. The Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation stated that young people are in a stage of relatively unstable physical and mental, and are prone to emotional distress and behavioral problems. Affected by the external environment, they may lead to deviant behaviors or crimes. Most people think that if young people like to go to school, it will help reduce deviant behaviors. Therefore, the primary task of school teachers should be to make students like learning, give play to their strengths, and gain a sense of learning achievement.



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