Psychological Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders with Constant Integration Problems

• Autorzy: Slávka Démuthová
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this study is to identify the typical psychological, demographic, socio-economical, educational, health, and criminological characteristics of juvenile delinquents who tend to continue in their criminal career to adulthood and therefore obstruct the possibility of successful, non-offending integration to society. Subjects of research were young male prisoners jailed in the Juvenile imprisonment house that completed the test battery. By ex-post analysis after a period of five years, the differences between offenders and non-offenders were identified. Results show significant differences in the age of prisoners, length of imprisonment, presence of violent offence (esp. robbery) in the criminal history, number of previous offences recorded, differences in factors i, h, and q1 from the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, responses within the Hand test characteristic (affection, dependence, and communication), and in several signs of the drawings in a Draw-A-Person test. The importance and influence of listed factors is discussed. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Crime; Youth; Psychology; Personality psychology; Social integration; Juvenile delinquency

PL

Przestępczość; Młodzież; Psychologia; Psychologia osobowości; Integracja społeczna; Przestępczość nieletnich

• Czasopismo: Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 18
• Numer: nr 1-2
• Strony: 177--192

Twórcy

autor

Slávka Démuthová

• University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia

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