NCJ Number
41438
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (1977) Pages: 11-14
Date Published
1977
Length
4 pages
Annotation
THIS WYANDOTTE COUNTY (KS) PROGRAM USES VOLUNTEERS TO ADMINISTER A BATTERY OF PAPER AND PENCIL TESTS TO THOSE JUVENILES WHOSE PROBATION OFFICERS REQUEST PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGIST.
Abstract
THIS PAPER SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE GROUP DATA OBTAINED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF TESTING, WHICH BEGAN IN LATE 1972. THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A RACIALLY-MIXED GROUP OF 159 JUVENILE OFFENDERS INCLUDING 104 MALES (74 WHITE AND 30 BLACK) AND 55 FEMALES (43 WHITE AND 12 BLACK). RESULTS SUGGESTED THAT BLACK MALES FROM FAMILIES WITH MANY CHILDREN WERE THE MOST FREQUENT OR MOST SEVERE JUVENILE OFFENDERS. A TENDENCY FOR BLACK YOUTHS WITH DEFICIENT READING SKILLS TO BE CHRONIC JUVENILE OFFENDERS WAS ALSO FOUND. THE PERSONALITY PROFILE OF CHRONIC, REPEATING WHITE OFFENDERS OBTAINED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE INDICATED THAT THOSE JUVENILES WHO CONTINUED TO COMMIT OFFENSES AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS AFTER THEIR REFERRAL FOR TESTING APPEARED TO BE GROUP FOLLOWERS WHO DISPLAYED A TENDENCY TOWARD ADVENTUROUSNESS, BOLDNESS, EXCITABILITY, AND EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.