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THREE PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF DELINQUENTS - A SYNTHESIS

NCJ Number
41442
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (1977) Pages: 33-35
Author(s)
D LESTER
Date Published
1977
Length
3 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY-DERIVED THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY OF THREE RESEARCHERS.
Abstract
THE THEORIES INVOLVE THOSE OF ASENATH PETRIE, HANS EYSENCK, AND WILLIAM SHELDON. PETRIE'S THEORY ASSERTS THAT DELINQUENCY IS DETERMINED BY WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL POSSESSES SENSITIVITY TO PAIN. EYSENCK'S THEORY CONTENDS THAT PERSONALITY CAN BE DESCRIBED USING ONLY TWO DIMENSIONS: NEUROTICISM OR EXTRAVERSION-INTROVERSION. SHELDON'S THEORY BELIEVES THAT BODY BUILD DETERMINES PERSONALITY. THE AUTHOR SAYS THAT THE THREE THEORIES ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT....BDS

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