Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Criminological Investigation of Juvenile Criminal Behavior Caused by Object Relations

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
saeed mhmood Mirkhalili 1
Elaheh Mehrian 2
seyed mehdi Saberi 3
1 Professor, Faculty of law of the Faculty of Farabi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Ph.D Student of criminal law and criminology, Aras campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; coach, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Free University, Imam Khomeini Memorial unit, Tehran, Iran.
3 Psychiatrist, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jclc.2024.445700.1983
Abstract
A B S T R A C T
The object relation theory, which originates from Melanie Klein's psychoanalytic theory; indicates that human behavior is partly a reflection of the internal and unconscious representations of the mind; and human behavior originates from the emotional and perceptive experience of childhood with the surrounding objects. Deficits have been identified in object relationship patterns in the
population of violent criminals; butthere has been no study regarding the relationship with the object, especially in delinquent young boys who have been incarcerated for violent crimes. The present study has investigated the four dimensions of object relations with samples of eight male juvenile offenders who were incarcerated in a rehabilitation center for violent crimes. We used Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale measured with Weston's score (SCORS). The purpose of this study is to investigate the causes of the behavior of adolescents who committed a crime due to mental disorders. It is assumed that people with
mental disorders have common personality traits, and in this research, we analyzed these personality traits of criminals, the levels of object relations wereshown by TAT excerpts and the comparison between the results and previous findings was discussed.
Keywords
Juvenile delinquency
Criminal behavior
object relation theory
Criminology
Psychology
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