Ungovernable, Incorrigible, and Impudent: An Empirical Study of Criminal Character Among Serious Institutionalized Delinquents

The notion of criminal character—indicative of an offender unresponsive to rehabilitative efforts, largely unamenable to treatment, primed for recidivism, and committed to a criminal or delinquent lifestyle—has an uneven history in criminology and criminal justice. Despite tangential efforts to appl...

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Main Author: Slemaker, Alexandra (Author)
Contributors: Bonner, Taea ; DeLisi, Matt ; Caudill, Jonathan Wendell ; Trulson, Chad R.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2023, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Criminal character
Institutional misconduct
Juvenile Delinquency
Prison violence
juvenile justice