Empathy and repeat offending of young offenders in Argentina

M. S. Orlando, D. Farrington, D. Jolliffe
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ABSTRACT Low empathy is an important psychological construct for understanding persistent criminal and antisocial behavior. In this study the affective empathy (the capacity to experience the emotions of others) and cognitive empathy (the capacity to understand the emotions of others) of 100 young male offenders (aged 16-17) in Buenos Aires was assessed using the Basic Empathy Scale. The level of empathy of young offenders who were repeat offenders (N=49) was then compared to one-time offenders (N=51). In addition, data on family criminality, school achievement and socioeconomic status was also obtained for both groups. The results showed that repeat offenders had significantly lower affective and cognitive empathy, and that these relationships held independently of the other related factors. These findings suggest that low empathy may be an important explanatory factor for repeat offending of juveniles in Argentina, and therefore may be a useful target for interventions designed to reduce repeat offending
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阿根廷青少年罪犯的同理心和重复犯罪
低共情是理解持续性犯罪和反社会行为的重要心理构念。本研究采用基本共情量表对布宜诺斯艾利斯100名16-17岁青年男性罪犯的情感共情(感受他人情绪的能力)和认知共情(理解他人情绪的能力)进行了评估。然后比较了49名惯犯(N=49)和51名一次性犯罪者的共情水平。此外,还获得了两组儿童的家庭犯罪、学业成绩和社会经济地位的数据。结果表明,惯犯的情感共情和认知共情显著降低,且这些关系独立于其他相关因素。这些发现表明,低同理心可能是阿根廷青少年重复犯罪的重要解释因素,因此可能是旨在减少重复犯罪的干预措施的有用目标
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