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Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior
We explored the extent to which prisoner sociodemographic variables (age, education, marital status, employment, and whether their parents were married or not) influenced offending in 64 randomly selected Brunei inmates, comprising both sexes. A quantitative field survey design ideal for the type of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4922861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382342 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S95270 |
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author | Mundia, Lawrence Matzin, Rohani Mahalle, Salwa Hamid, Malai Hayati Osman, Ratna Suriani |
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description | We explored the extent to which prisoner sociodemographic variables (age, education, marital status, employment, and whether their parents were married or not) influenced offending in 64 randomly selected Brunei inmates, comprising both sexes. A quantitative field survey design ideal for the type of participants used in a prison context was employed to investigate the problem. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis with backward elimination identified prisoner marital status and age groups as significantly related to offending. Furthermore, hierarchical multinomial logistic regression analysis with backward elimination indicated that prisoners’ age, primary level education, marital status, employment status, and parental marital status as significantly related to stealing offenses with high odds ratios. All 29 nonrecidivists were false negatives and predicted to reoffend upon release. Similarly, all 33 recidivists were projected to reoffend after release. Hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis revealed age groups (24–29 years and 30–35 years), employed prisoner, and primary level education as variables with high likelihood trends for reoffending. The results suggested that prisoner interventions (educational, counseling, and psychotherapy) in Brunei should treat not only antisocial personality, psychopathy, and mental health problems but also sociodemographic factors. The study generated offending patterns, trends, and norms that may inform subsequent investigations on Brunei prisoners. |
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spelling | pubmed-49228612016-07-05 Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior Mundia, Lawrence Matzin, Rohani Mahalle, Salwa Hamid, Malai Hayati Osman, Ratna Suriani Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research We explored the extent to which prisoner sociodemographic variables (age, education, marital status, employment, and whether their parents were married or not) influenced offending in 64 randomly selected Brunei inmates, comprising both sexes. A quantitative field survey design ideal for the type of participants used in a prison context was employed to investigate the problem. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis with backward elimination identified prisoner marital status and age groups as significantly related to offending. Furthermore, hierarchical multinomial logistic regression analysis with backward elimination indicated that prisoners’ age, primary level education, marital status, employment status, and parental marital status as significantly related to stealing offenses with high odds ratios. All 29 nonrecidivists were false negatives and predicted to reoffend upon release. Similarly, all 33 recidivists were projected to reoffend after release. Hierarchical binary logistic regression analysis revealed age groups (24–29 years and 30–35 years), employed prisoner, and primary level education as variables with high likelihood trends for reoffending. The results suggested that prisoner interventions (educational, counseling, and psychotherapy) in Brunei should treat not only antisocial personality, psychopathy, and mental health problems but also sociodemographic factors. The study generated offending patterns, trends, and norms that may inform subsequent investigations on Brunei prisoners. Dove Medical Press 2016-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4922861/ /pubmed/27382342 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S95270 Text en © 2016 Mundia et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Mundia, Lawrence Matzin, Rohani Mahalle, Salwa Hamid, Malai Hayati Osman, Ratna Suriani Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title | Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title_full | Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title_fullStr | Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title_short | Contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
title_sort | contributions of sociodemographic factors to criminal behavior |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4922861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382342 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S95270 |
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