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Personality, delinquency, and criminal recidivism
Coleta van Dam1, Eric E J De Bruyn, Jan M A M Janssens
1University of Nijmegen, Institute of Child Care and Family Studies, P. O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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.
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