DESCRIPTIVE PERSONALITY STUDY OF DELINQUENCY-PRONE ADOLESCENTS

• NCJ Number: 6268
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1970) Pages: 11-23
• Author(s): J W BAKER; M J SPIELBERG
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SCHOOL DROPOUTS ARE DEFINED AS DELINQUENCY-PRONE AND ARE COMPARED TO IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENT MALES ON TEN PERSONALITY VARIABLES.

Abstract

DATA WAS COLLECTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AN AREA SHOWING A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH DELINQUENCY RATE. AGE, IQ, AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION WERE CONTROLLED. RESULTS SHOWED THE DELINQUENCY-PRONE GROUP TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMMATURE AND REPRESSIVE, LESS AFFECTIVE AND SOCIALLY ANXIOUS, THAN THE CONTROLS. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED