Personality, age, and antisocial peers: Relationships with violent and non-violent crimes

VALDIVIA, MAURICIO; NGUYEN VO, T.; ARBACH, K.; ANDRÉS-PUEYO, A.

Londres

Congreso; Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID); 2014

International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID)

Among the different risk factors (RF) associated with criminal behavior outstand those related to offender?s personality traits and to lack of social support. These two groups of RF have been considered among the ??Major Risk/Need Factors?? on the Andrews and Bonta?s model of criminal behavior (2010). The aim of this study is to test the relevance of these RF in the relationship between the age and the type of crime committed. We analyzed data collected with the RisCanvi, a protocol for the assessment and management of violent risk behavior for inmates (Andres-Pueyo et al., 2010) in a sample of 3952 inmates. Personality traits and social support are closely related across all ages and crime type. If we distinguish offenders by age, the younger ones show a higher prevalence of several social influence risk factors and also in other personality traits. Some other RF are less influenced by age.