NCJ Number
18922
Date Published
1969
Length
94 pages
Annotation
CONDUCTS A CROSS-CLASSIFICATION STUDY OF A SINGLE POPULATION OF MALE DELINQUENTS, USING THE INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED BY QUAY AND BY JESSNESS AND WARREN.
Abstract
THE STUDY INTENDED TO EXAMINE BOTH THE CONCEPTUAL OVERLAP AND DEGREE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE QUAY SYSTEM FOR DESIGNATING INDIVIDUAL DELINQUENTS AND THAT OF JESNESS AND WARREN AN ADDITIONAL PURPOSE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ORGANISMIC VARIABLES OF RACE AND AGE TO THE VARIOUS SUBTYPES RESULTING FROM EACH SYSTEM. THE DELINQUENT POPULATION STUDIED CONSISTED OF 106 MALES AT THE DETENTION CENTERS OF ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY JUVENILE COURTS, AND AT MISSOUR HILLS, A ST. LOUIS INSTITUTION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF DELINQUENT BOYS. ALL SUBJECTS COMPLETED THE QUAY PERSONAL OPINION STUDY AND THE JESNESS INVENTORY. SUBJECTS WERE CLASSIFIED BY SCORE ACCORDING TO THE CATEGORIES OF BOTH SYSTEMS, THE QUAY SYSTEM CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON IS A PSYCHOPATH OR NEUROTIC. THE JESNESS SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT CLASSIFIES BEHAVIOR TYPOLOGIES BY LETTER AND NUMBER, SUCH AS I-2 AND I-4. IN TESTING WHETHER OR NOT THE SYSTEMS YIELD DESCRIPTIVELY SIMILAR CLASSIFICATIONS IMPLYING A CONCEPTUAL OVERLAP BETWEEN TWO AND I-4, THE RESULTS INDICATED SOME SUCH OVERLAP FOR WHITE SUBJECTS, BUT WERE LARGELY CONTRADICTORY FOR BLACK SUBJECTS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING NEUROTIC - I-4 AGREEMENT. DISCREPANCIES WERE ALSO FOUND WHERE AGE WAS A FACTOR. THE MOST OBVIOUS IMPLICATION DRAWN FROM THE STUDY IS THAT THE IMPACT OF AGE AND RACE DIFFERENCES MUST BE CONSIDERED IN MAKING USE OF THE TWO INSTRUMENTS STUDIED.