NCJ Number
7352
Date Published
1967
Length
58 pages
Annotation
AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN PERSONALITY TRAITS WHICH COULD BE USED TO PLACE DELINQUENT GIRLS IN APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
Abstract
THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES INVESTIGATED WERE RUNAWAY VERSUS NON-RUNAWAY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT VERSUS NON-DISORDERLY CONDUCT. A COMBINATION OF FOUR FACTORS WAS ABLE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN RUNAWAYS AND NON-RUNAWAYS. THE RUNAWAY GIRL TENDS TO BE MORE INTROVERTED, LESS EMOTIONALLY STABLE, MORE COMPULSIVE, AND MORE SPONTANEOUS THAN A NON-RUNAWAY GIRL. WHENEVER A GIRL MIGHT FIT THIS PATTERN SHE COULD THEN BE PLACED IN A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEET HER NEEDS. A COMBINATION OF FOUR FACTORS WAS FOUND TO BE DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN GIRLS WHO WERE DISORDERLY WITHIN THE INSTITUTION AND GIRLS WHO WERE NOT DISORDERLY. THE GIRL WHO IS DISORDERLY TENDS TO BE MORE COMPULSIVE, INDIVIDUALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND SENSITIVE THAN THE GIRL WHO IS NOT DISORDERLY. THEREFORE A GIRL WHO MIGHT FIT THIS PATTERN COULD BE PLACED IN A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEET HER NEEDS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)