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NCJ 055957
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PHYSIQUE AND TEMPERAMENT OF WOMEN DELINQUENTS COMPARED WITH WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES
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| Journal:
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY Volume:25 Dated:(1952) Pages:249-255
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| Author(s):
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P EPPS ; R W PARNELL
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| Corporate Author:
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Cambridge University Press
United Kingdom
British Psychological Soc
United Kingdom
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| Publication Date:
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1952 |
| Pages:
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7 |
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Studies/research reports |
| Origin:
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United Kingdom |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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THIS STUDY COMPARES THE PHYSIQUE AND TEMPERAMENT OF 177 FEMALE INMATES IN BORSTAL TRAINING IN ENGLAND TO THOSE OF 123 COLLEGE WOMEN TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE FACTORS AND CRIMINALITY. |
| Abstract:
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THE FULL LIST OF PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TAKEN FOR THE STUDY ARE HEIGHT, WEIGHT, BIACROMIAL, BI-ILIAC, CHEST WIDTH, CHEST DEPTH, SITTING HEIGHT, CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE, AND HIP CIRCUMFERENCE. IN ADDITION, FAT WAS MEASURED BY SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE CALLIPERS IN THREE PLACES. WHEN MEASUREMENTS FOR THE TWO GROUPS WERE COMPARED, THOSE FOR THE COLLEGE WOMEN EXCEEDED THOSE FOR BORSTAL TRAINEES FOR HEIGHT, SITTING HEIGHT, LEG LENGTH, CHEST WIDTH, BIACROMIAL, AND BI-ILIAC MEASUREMENTS. THE BORSTAL WOMEN EXCEEDED THE COLLEGE WOMEN IN AVERAGE WEIGHT, CHEST DEPTH, AND IN EACH OF THE SKIN-FOLD MEASUREMENTS OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT. THUS BORSTAL WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY SHORTER AND HAVE SHORTER TRUNKS AND SHORTER LIMBS, BUT AS A GROUP, THEY ARE MORE STOCKY IN BUILD. WHEN THE MEASUREMENTS ARE PLOTTED ON A GRAPH SHOWING HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AS ORDINATE AND THE TOTAL OF THE THREE SUBCUTANEOUS FAT MEASUREMENTS AS ABSCISSA, BORSTAL WOMEN APPEAR TO BE CONCENTRATED HEAVILY IN THE ENDOMORPHIC-MESOMORPHIC AREA. THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THAT GAINED IN A RELATED STUDY USING DELINQUENT AND NONDELINQUENT MEN. TO EXAMINE TEMPERAMENT DIFFERENCES, RESEARCHERS RATED THE WOMEN ON A 7-POINT SCALE FOR EACH OF THREE COMPONENTS: VISCEROTONIA (RELAXATION, LOVE OF COMFORT, SLOW REACTIONS, COMPLACENCY), SOMATOTONIA (ASSERTIVENESS, ENERGETIC REACTIONS, OVERMATURE APPEARANCE, LOVE OF RISK), AND CEREBROTONIA (RESTRAINT, LOVE OF PRIVACY, VOCAL RESTRAINT, OVERFAST REACTIONS). SCORES FOR THE WOMEN WERE ALSO PLACED ON A PSYCHIATRIC INDEX TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SUCH ASPECTS AS AFFECTIVE-CONATIVE EXAGGERATION (I.E., EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, TOO ENERGETIC, DISTRACTIBLE ATTENTION, EXTRAVERTED), PARANOID PROJECTION (I.E., HOSTILITY, SYSTEMATIC PROJECTION OF BLAME, SUBJECTIVE, PEDANTIC, SARCASTIC), AND SCHIZOID REGRESSION (I.E., APATHETIC WITHDRAWAL, LISTLESS, PAUCITY OF THOUGHT CONTENT, UNKEMPT). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS REVEALS THAT DELINQUENTS SHOWED A PREDOMINANCE OF SOMATOTONIA, VISCERATONIA, AND AFFECTIVE-CONATIVE EXAGGERATION. AGAIN, THESE FINDINGS SUPPORT THOSE OF A PREVIOUS STUDY DONE WITH MEN. REFERENCES AND STUDY DATA ARE PROVIDED. (DAG) |
| Index Term(s):
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Biological influences ; Research/ ; Borstal ; Inmates as research subjects ; Female inmates ; Nonbehavioral correlates of crime ; England |
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