CRIME LUCRATIVENESS AS MAJOR DETERMINING FACTOR FOR YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA.

Unemployment may be a social as well as financial issue that each country deals with frequently, but in an unexpected way. The classical financial specialists affirmed that there can never be a circumstance of adding up to business in any economy. The study investigated the lucrativeness of crime as a major determining factor for youth involvement in criminal activities in Nigeria. The research design of a descriptive survey was used in data collection from the concerned. The researcher designed a questionnaire titled “crime lucrativeness as a major determining factor for youth crime" to collect the needed data. Hypotheses were formulated and tested using inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between crime lucrativeness as a major determining factor and youth involvement in criminal activities in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made: the government ought to create a conducive environment to pull in speculators to set up businesses in Nigeria; control segments ought to be progressed on, whereas different frailties such as fear mongering, capturing, and armed robbery ought to be annihilated to make Nigeria a sanctuary for investors; and the Nigerian government should devise a National Youth Technique to encourage youth business orientation to reduce youth unemployment as its primary concern.