Document Type
Original Article
Abstract
The current research explored the styles of criminal thinking among juvenile delinquents in Pakistani cultural context. Initially, 40 juvenile delinquents were interviewed individually to generate an item pool of 34 distinct thought statements. After excluding repetitive items a list of 19 items was piloted on 30 juvenile delinquents as a self-report measure of 5-point rating scale (Juvenile Criminal Thinking Styles’ Inventory). Finally, a sample of 211 juvenile delinquents were given the final list of 19 items, Measure of Criminal Social Identity (Boduszek, Adamson, Shevlin, & Hyland, 2012; Shagufta, 2015), and a demographic form. Principal Component factor analysis determined a three factor solution, namely Social Alienation, Vindication, and Domination. The inventory found to have high internal consistency and concurrent validity. The outcomes are discussed in terms of the implications of criminal thinking styles for juvenile correctional counselling services and propose further research.
Recommended Citation
Sana, Fatima and Rafiq, Muhammad
(2019)
"Development and validation of juvenile Criminal thinking styles’ inventory,"
Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 14:
Iss.
4, Article 6.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pjns/vol14/iss4/6
