Adult Offenders And The Family Profile II Scale: a Retrospective Assessment of Prisoner And Non-prisoner Families of Origin

Authors

Matthew N. I. Oliver, Brigham Young University
Shirley Klein, Brigham Young University

Keywords

adult offenders, profiles of prisoners, self-report survey, juvenile delinquents

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

Abstract

Past research on families consistently indicates that parents of delinquents are usually poor managers of income (1), and likely to use excessively lax or excessively strict discipline (2). Although much is known about the families of juvenile delinquents, little research has been done on adult offenders’ families of origin. The purpose of this study is to explore family of origin profiles of prisoners and non-prisoners and evaluate how those differences relate to the profile of juvenile delinquents’ family of origin. More specifically, this study explores the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Non-prisoners’ families of origin will reflect more fictional financial management skills and more favorable attitudes towards work than will prisoners’ families of origin. Hypothesis 2: Prisoners’ families of origin will reflect more extreme modes of parental control or more passive modes of parental supervision than will non-prisoners’ families of origin.

Recommended Citation

Oliver, Matthew N. I. and Klein, Shirley (2014) "Adult Offenders And The Family Profile II Scale: a Retrospective Assessment of Prisoner And Non-prisoner Families of Origin," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 194.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/194