Effect of a training school experience on the personality of delinquent boys.

Caditz, Sylvan B.

doi:10.1037/h0041328

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“…This finding is misleading because the improved profiles were still very much in the pathological range and maturation effects could have accounted for some of the variance. Caditz (1959) found that both delinquent and nondelinquent groups were more stable, mature, and psychologically functional 5-6 months later. This finding is even stronger evidence for the existence of maturational effects.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The studies in this area can be criticized on a number of methodological grounds. Six of the MMPI studies either failed to specify the type of protocol validity criteria used (e.g., Gallemore & Panton, 1972) or justified not using any criteria on the grounds that high validity scale elevations may be more indicative of pathology than of invalidity (e.g., Caditz, 1959). Gearing (1979) pointed out that the type of protocol validity criteria used can affect the findings.…”

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“…Short forms of the MMPI, which have been found to have limited applicability (Butcher & Tellegen, 1978). were used in at least two of the studies reviewed (Caditz, 1959(Caditz, , 1961. Several studies used experimental scales (e.g., Jurjevich, 1966) that were developed using noninmate populations.…”

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Psychological effects of imprisonment on confined individuals.

Bukstel¹,

Kilmann²

1980

Psychological Bulletin

100

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This article reviews 90 experimental studies that examined the psychological effects of imprisonment on performance, personality, and attitudinal variables. An analysis of the studies revealed that they suffered from considerable methodological problems, including the use of inadequate research designs and unsystematic sampling procedures. The types of subjects and time periods used varied widely, thus making a comparison of the findings, at times, difficult. The results suggested that imprisonment is not harmful to all individuals: Some persons deteriorated in response to confinement, other persons improved their functioning, and still others showed no appreciable change. A complex interaction of factors including individual difference variables, institutional orientation, degree of crowding, phase of sentence, and peer group affiliation seems to influence an individual's response to confinement. The findings also have implications for current correctional controversies such as the "nothing works" issue and the relative value of determinate versus indeterminate sentencing procedures. Future research should further clarify the effects on prisoner adjustment of intrainstitutional variables such as crowding, solitary confinement, prison policy changes, and peer group affiliation. The various patterns of adaptation to confinement in relation to individual difference variables also should be explored.According to recent U.S. Department of Justice surveys (1977, 1978), more than 276,000 adults and 74,000 juveniles are confined in our nation's prisons and reformatories. Convicted criminals are being sentenced to prison at a rate that is the highest in the world, these sentences becoming longer and harsher as the crime rate escalates (Doleschal, 1977). Similar increases in .the number of juveniles confined have been noted, with concomitant increases in the number of public facilities, staff members employed, and financial expenditures (U.

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Psychological effects of imprisonment on confined individuals.

Bukstel¹,

Kilmann²

1980

Psychological Bulletin

100

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“…Another study by Caditz (1959) employs a longitudinal design in evaluating MMPI scores in the study of delinquency. Here 94 training-school boys and 97 high school boys were tested both before and at the end of the training school experience, with significant differences reported both before and after the fact.…”

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Labelling and Deviance: A Case Study in the "Sociology of the Interesting"

Hagan

1973

Social Problems

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“…Capwell (3) has studied changes attendant to four to 15 months of institutional training of 101 delinquent girls, comparing them with changes of 85 nondelinquent high-school girls, and found that delinquents acquired with time a more nearly normal personality pattern as evidenced in MMPI retest. Caditz (2) reports on changes reflected in MMPI tests of 94 delinquent boys after approximately six months of training. Significant changes were found in raised K scores and lowered scores on F (validity] character deviation) Hs (hypochondriasis), D (depression), P a (paranoid trends), Pt (psychasthenia) and M a (hypomania) .…”

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Personality Changes Concomitant with Institutional Training of Delinquent Girls

Jurjevich¹

1966

The Journal of General Psychology

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Effect of a training school experience on the personality of delinquent boys.

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Psychological effects of imprisonment on confined individuals.

Psychological effects of imprisonment on confined individuals.

Labelling and Deviance: A Case Study in the "Sociology of the Interesting"

Personality Changes Concomitant with Institutional Training of Delinquent Girls

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