title: Personality, delinquency, and criminal recidivism.
abstract: This study explores the relationship between PEN profiles, delinquency, and recidivism in young offenders. According to Eysenck, personality is based on three basic Dimensions: Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism (PEN-model). Eysenck states that delinquents score high on all three dimensions. A group of young male offenders in a juvenile detention center in The Netherlands were studied to test Eysenck's hypothesis, which was partially confirmed. From a cluster analysis it appear that only a small group of offenders had high scores on all three PEN dimensions. Finally, it was concluded that the PEN profiles were not able to differentiate between recidivists and nonrecidivists.
authors.affiliation: University of Nijmegen, Institute of Child Care and Family Studies, P. O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Coleta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Dam
authors.forename: Eric E J
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: De Bruyn
authors.forename: Jan M A M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Janssens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000379:methods; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors