SELF-CONTROL AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE - A STUDY OF SCOTTISH ADOLESCENT MALE SEVERE OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 10556
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1973) Pages: 23-45
• Author(s): M L RAWLINGS
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIANCE BETWEEN ASSAULTIVE AND NON-ASSAULTIVE MALE ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS, TESTING HYPOTHESES OF OVER-CONTROL AND IMPULSIVITY.

Abstract

PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRES, PERCEPTUAL MOTOR TESTS, AND SURVEYS OF THE SUBJECTS' PERCEPTION OF THEIR PARENTS CHILD-REARING BEHAVIORS WERE ADMINISTERED TO TEST HYPOTHESES CONCERNING SELF-CONTROL, POTENTIAL NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION, AND PERCEIVED PARENTAL CONTROL. THE RESULTS DID NOT SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIZED PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG THE OFFENDER GROUPS, AND SUGGESTED THAT ASSAULT AND HOSTILITY AND EVEN MILD AGGRESSION MAY NOT BE PART OF THE SAME VARIABLE. THE MEASURES IN THIS STUDY MAY BE CAUTIOUSLY USED TO SUGGEST THAT THE INDIVIDUAL EXTREME ASSAULTERS' BEHAVIOR IS A SITUATIONAL REACTION AND THE GROUP EXTREME ASSAULTERS' RESPONSE IS A SOCIAL REACTION, POSSIBLY AS A PART OF A SUBCULTURE OF VIOLENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)