This research on the causes and Effects of Deviant Behaviour in higher institutions of learning is designed to look into the main causes and effects of deviancy in out higher institutions.  The school is a social organization nad has got it’s established patterns of behaviour expected from al its members.  The non-conformity to the norms of behaviour by members of any group or organization is what sociologist called “Deviant Behaviour”.
    The researcher tried to find out the extent to which the age if students, family background, the school, lecturers and our society in general contribute to the act of deviancy in our higher institutions.  The hypothesis also stated that many students perform poorly academically as a result of deviant acts and that deviancy may hider student future success.
    The researcher was based on three higher institutions (that is) two universities and one polytechnic in Enugu urban of Enugu state. 90 questionnaires were distributed out and 80 were collected back and used for the study.  The data collected was presented with the percentage method.

TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE
I N T R O D U C T I O N
1.0    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1    STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
1.2    PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.3    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.4    LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.5    RESEARCH QUESTIONS

CHAPTER TWO
2.0    LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1    DEVIANCY IN SCHOOL
2.2    CAUSES OF DEVIANCY
2.3    PERSONALITY APPROACH
2.4    THE LARGER SOCIETY FACTOR

CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE
3.0    DESIGN OF THE STUDY
3.1    POPULATION
3.2    SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
3.3    RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
3.4    DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENT USED
3.5    DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION OF DATA
3.6    VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENT USED
3.7    METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0    SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.1    CONCLUSION
5.2    RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
QUESTIONNAIRE


TABLE I
RESPONSES OF FAMILY BACKGROUND CONTRIBUTING TO DEVIANCY IN HIGH INSTITUTIONS
TABLE II
RESPONSES ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STUDENT’S AGE TO DEVIANCY
TABLE III
RESPONSES OF LEXTURER’S CONTRIBUTION TO DEVIANCY IN OUR SCHOOL
TABLE IV
RESPONSES ON THE WAY LECTURERS CONTIBUTES TO DEVIANCY IN OUR SCHOOL
TABLE V
RESPONSES IN INABILITY TO ADJUST A STUDENT’S LEADING TO DEVIANCY
TABLE VI
RESPONSES IN     WHETEHR FRUSTRATED OR LONELY STUDNETS MAY DEVIATE FROM SCHOOL
TABLE VII
RESPONSES ON CONTRIBUTION OF LACK OF NECESSARY FACILITIES TO STUDENTS DEVIANCY
TABLE VIII
RESPONSES ON THE CONTIRBUTION OF THE AGES IN DEVIANCY AMONG STUDENTS OF HIGHER INSTITUTIONS
TABLE IX
RESPONSES IN INABILITY TO ADJUST A STUDENT’S LEADING TO DEVIANCY
TABLE V
RESPONSES ON THE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AS GROUPS OF DEVIANTS IN THE SCHOOL.
TABLE XI
RESPONSES IN INABILITY TO ADJUST A STUDENT’S LEADING TO DEVIANCY
TABLE XII
RESPONSES IN INABILITY TO ADJUST A STUDENT’S LEADING TO DEVIANCY
TABLE XIII
RESPONSES  ON IF DEVIANCY CAN AFFECT A PERSON’S FUTURE SUCCESS
TABLE XIV
RESPONSES IN INABILITY TO ADJUST A STUDENT’S LEADING TO DEVIANCY
TABLE XV
RESPONSES ON SOLVING DEVIANCYT ACT THROUGH GUIDANCE AND COYNSELLING