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Trait Anxiety, Sensation Seeking, Internal-External Locus Of Control In Male And Female Delinquents And Non-Delinquents, Steve Sherrets
Trait Anxiety, Sensation Seeking, Internal-External Locus Of Control In Male And Female Delinquents And Non-Delinquents, Steve Sherrets
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Personality research with delinquents has largely produced inconclusive and inconsistent results. Peterson, Quay and Cameron (1959) have pointed out that:
Most investigations of personality factors in crime and delinquency have begun with a legally defined sample of offenders, proceeded with comparisons between that group and a more or less carefully matched group of non-offenders, and ended with less ambiguous results.