COMPARISON OF WELL- AND POORLY-ADJUSTED INSTITUTIONAL OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 13806
• Journal: GEORGIA JOURNAL OF CORRECTIONS Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST 1973) Pages: 76-84
• Author(s): J R TRUXAL; D A SABATINO
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Georgia Dept of Offender Rehabilitation
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF OFFENDERS WHO FOLLOW THE INTRANSIGENT (POOR) AND CONVERSION (GOOD) LINES OF ADAPTATION TO THE CORRECTIONAL SETTING.

Abstract

THE SUBJECTS FOR THIS STUDY WERE 24 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA. THE GROUP, WHICH CONSISTED OF RESIDENTS WHO REVEALED POSSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION AND WHO DISPLAYED BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, WAS COMPARED TO INMATES DESCRIBED AS IDEAL RESIDENTS. EACH OF THE GROUPS WERE ADMINISTERED SEVERAL PERSONALITY INVENTORIES. IT WAS POSTULATED THAT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN THE CONVERSION AND THE INTRANSIGEANT GROUPS WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM ON PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP TEST ITEMS. THIS FINDING WAS NOT CONFIRMED EXCEPT ON SOCIAL OR PERSONAL WELL-BEING ITEMS WHICH TEND TO SHOW THE GOOD ADJUSTERS TO BE AT PEACE WITH THEMSELVES.