COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERSONALITY TRAITS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, AND VALUE-ORIENTATIONS BETWEEN INCARCERATED AND NON-INCARCERATED WOMEN

• NCJ Number: 36675
• Journal: ACTA CRIMINOLOGIAE ET MEDICINAE LEGALIS JAPONICA Volume: 42 Issue: 2 Dated: (1976) Pages: 48-52
• Author(s): P PERETTI
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

THE CONCLUSIONS SUGGEST DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS SIMILARITIES IMPRISONED AND NON-IMPRISONED FEMALES IN BOTH SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE AND NON-SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE CATEGORIES.

Abstract

MATCHED GROUPS OF BOTH GROUPS HAVE TRAITS WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO THEMSELVES AS WELL AS TRAITS WHICH ARE OVERLAPPING. CHARACTERISTICS MEASURED INCLUDE SELF-CONCEPT, OPTIMISM, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, SELF-CONTROL, RESPONSES TO NOTIONS OF COURTESY AND RESPECT FOR LAW, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FRIENDS, FAMILY, RELIGION, MATERIAL GOODS, AND INDEPENDENT LIVING.