Personality, delinquency, and criminal recidivism.
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.
van Dam
Coleta
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University of Nijmegen, Institute of Child Care and Family Studies, P. O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
De Bruyn
Eric E J
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Janssens
Jan M A M
JM
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