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A Comparative study of prisoners and non-prisoners on temperamental attributes: implication on crime commission

The study compared the temperamental attributes of prisoners with non-prisons to determine particular temperamental areas where prisoners excelled as well as the least possessed by them compared with the non-prisoners. One hundred inmates of Agodi prison as well as One hundred non prisoners in Ibada...

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520 |a The study compared the temperamental attributes of prisoners with non-prisons to determine particular temperamental areas where prisoners excelled as well as the least possessed by them compared with the non-prisoners. One hundred inmates of Agodi prison as well as One hundred non prisoners in Ibadan participated in the study. The main instrument used for the study was a structured temperamental questionnaire adapted from Honk (2004), t-test statistic was used to analyze the four tested hypotheses. The results revealed that no Significant difference existed between prisoners and non-prisoners on temperamental attributes; however, the mere fact prisoners excelled on choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic temperaments based on means and SD results calls for attention, and recommendation were made towards conscious remediation of temperamental excesses 
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024 8 |a African Journal for the Study of Educational Issues 5 (1), pp. 107-111 
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