Personality and criminality a summary and implications of the literature

Tennenbaum, David J.; Services, o̊Director of Clinical

doi:10.1016/0047-2352(77)90041-1

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“…Attempts to create criminal typologies largely ignored psychopathy with the exception of Gibbons (1988) who devised the term "psychopathic assaultists" for a very specific type of offender. In fact, the use of personality factors, which is central to psychopathy research, was viewed as empirically weak and marginalized within the mainstream study of crime (Schuessler & Cressey, 1950;Tennenbaum, 1977;Waldo & Dinitz, 1967).…”

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Were Wolfgang's chronic offenders psychopaths? On the convergent validity between psychopathy and career criminality

Vaughn

DeLisi

2008

Journal of Criminal Justice

148

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Were Wolfgang's chronic offenders psychopaths? On the convergent validity between psychopathy and career criminality

Vaughn

DeLisi

2008

Journal of Criminal Justice

148

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“…Previous studies of personality and delinquency also have been criticized for employing delinquency and personality questionnaires that included virtually identical items (Tennenbaum, 1977). For example, both the MMPI and the CPI include such items as "I have never been in trouble with the law" and "Sometimes when I was young 1 stole things."…”

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Are Some People Crime‐prone? Replications of the Personality‐crime Relationship Across Countries, Genders, Races, and Methods*

Caspi¹,

Moffitt²,

et al. 1994

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We examined the relation between personality traits and crime in two studies. In New Zealand we studied 18‐year‐old males and females from an entire birth cohort. In Pittsburgh we studied an ethnically diverse group of 12‐ and 13‐year‐old boys. In both studies we gathered multiple and independent measures of personality and delinquent involvement. The personality correlates of delinquency were robust in different nations, in different age cohorts, across gender, and across race: greater delinquent participation was associated with a personality configuration characterized by high Negative Emotionality and weak Constraint. We suggest that when Negative Emotionality (the tendency to experience aversive affective states) is accompanied by weak Constraint (difficulty in impulse control), negative emotions may be translated more readily into antisocial acts. We review additional evidence about the developmental origins and consequences of this personality configuration and discuss its implications for theories about antisocial behavior.

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“…There may, for example, be personality differences between attractive and unattractive individuals (see Krebs and Adinolfi, 1975). Although there is some debate over the importance of personality traits in the explanation of delinquency (Hindelang, 1972;Tennenbaum, 1977), it is possible that such traits play a role in mediating the effect of appearance on delinquency. It has also been suggested that there may be genetic differences between physically attractive and unattractive people (Berscheid and Walster, 1974).…”

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Appearance and Delinquency

Agnew¹

2019

Appearance Bias and Crime

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This article examines the relationship between appearance and self-reported delinquency. Based on prior research, it is hypothesized that (1) unattractive individuals will be more delinquent, and (2) strain, labeling, and social control variables will mediate the relationship between appearance and deli-. Data from a national sample of adolescent boys support the first hypothesis. Only partial support is provided for the second hypothesis, with social control variables explaining from 9% to 31% of the association between appearance and delinquency. Theoretical and methodological reasons for the limited support of the second hypothesis are discussed.

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Personality and criminality a summary and implications of the literature

Cited by 57 publications

References 27 publications

Were Wolfgang's chronic offenders psychopaths? On the convergent validity between psychopathy and career criminality

Were Wolfgang's chronic offenders psychopaths? On the convergent validity between psychopathy and career criminality

Are Some People Crime‐prone? Replications of the Personality‐crime Relationship Across Countries, Genders, Races, and Methods*

Appearance and Delinquency

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