Sinha Sudhinta
Department of Psychology, S.S.L.N.T. Women's College, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2016 Jan-Jun;25(1):41-46. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.196058.
Personality is a major factor in many kinds of behavior, one of which is criminal behavior. To determine what makes a criminal "a criminal," we must understand his/her personality. This study tries to identify different personality traits which link criminals to their personality.
In the present study, 37 male criminals of district jail of Dhanbad (Jharkhand) and 36 normal controls were included on a purposive sampling basis. Each criminal was given a personal datasheet and Cattel's 16 personality factors (PFs) scale for assessing their sociodemographic variables and different personality traits.
The objective of this study was to examine the relation between personality traits and criminal behavior, and to determine whether such factors are predictive of future recidivism.
Results indicated high scores on intelligence, impulsiveness, suspicion, self-sufficient, spontaneity, self-concept control factors, and very low scores on emotionally less stable on Cattel's 16 PFs scale in criminals as compared with normal.
Criminals differ from general population or non criminals in terms of personality traits.
人格是多种行为的主要因素，犯罪行为就是其中之一。为了确定是什么造就了一个罪犯，我们必须了解其人格。本研究试图识别将罪犯与其人格联系起来的不同人格特质。
在本研究中，基于目的抽样纳入了37名来自丹巴德（贾坎德邦）地区监狱的男性罪犯和36名正常对照者。为每名罪犯发放一份个人数据表和卡特尔16种人格因素（PFs）量表，以评估他们的社会人口统计学变量和不同的人格特质。
本研究的目的是检验人格特质与犯罪行为之间的关系，并确定这些因素是否能预测未来的再犯情况。
结果表明，与正常人相比，罪犯在卡特尔16种PFs量表上的智力、冲动性、怀疑性、独立性、自发性、自我概念控制因素得分较高，而情绪稳定性得分极低。
罪犯在人格特质方面与普通人群或非罪犯不同。
