SELF CONCEPT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED DELINQUENT BOYS AS MEASURED BY THE TENNESSEE SELF CONCEPT SCALE

• NCJ Number: 13426
• Author(s): R G Culbertson
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 139 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency
• Corporate Author: Indiana Dept of Correction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE INDIANA BOYS' SCHOOL ON THE DELINQUENT INMATE'S SELF CONCEPT.

Abstract

AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION DISCUSSES THE SELF CONCEPT VARIABLE, ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, ITS RELATIONSHIP TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION ON THE SELF CONCEPT, AND SENTENCING PRACTICES WHICH LEAD TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION. THE RESEARCH DESIGN IS DETAILED. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY ARE PRESENTED IN TERMS OF THE HYPOTHESES REGARDING COMMITMENT PRACTICES IN INDIANA'S JUVENILE COURTS, AND THE HYPOTHESES REGARDING THE SELF CONCEPT VARIABLE. THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SELF CONCEPT, WITH THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE DISCUSSED - DAYS INCARCERATED IN THE INDIANA BOYS' SCHOOL, PREVIOUS INCARCERATIONS, RACE, RESIDENCE, AND OFFENSES FOR WHICH THE BOYS WERE COMMITTED OR RETURNED TO THE INDIANA BOYS' SCHOOL.