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Personality and Development of Crime in Nigeria
D.J. Tenibiaje
Corresponding Author: Tenibiaje Dele Joseph
Submitted: 2010 February, 28
Accepted: 2010 March, 13
Published: 2010 September, 06 |
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The research was undertaken to investigate the differences in the personality traits of prison inmates
and non- inmates and development of crime. The study was carried out in Nigerian Prisons located in five states
in southwestern Nigeria. The sample comprised of 200 subjects made up of 121 inmates and 79 non-inmates.
The non-inmates were the students of U niversity of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, public servants and nurses in Ekiti
State, Nigeria, aged 17 to 45 years. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Eysenck
Personality Questionnaire was used to collect information from the respondents. The result of the investigation
showed that the inmates scored significantly high than the non-inmates in extroversion, neuroticism and
psychoticism dimensions.
Key words: Extroversion, inmates, neuroticism and psychoticism, non-inmates, personality traits, ,
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D.J. Tenibiaje, . Personality and Development of Crime in Nigeria. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (4): Page No: 214-219.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
ISSN (Print): 2041-3238 |
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