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Purpose: This feasibility study examined the aggression management training (AMT) interventions on self‐esteem, impulsivity, and aggressive behavior among adolescents residing in delinquent or observation homes. Methods: A quantitative research approach with the quasi‐experimental nonequivalent control group (comparison) pretest and Posttest design was adopted. A total of 32 male adolescents (16 each in experimental and comparison groups) residing in two different observation homes in the state of Bihar, India were selected by convenience sampling technique. The study evaluated the following outcome measures: self‐esteem, impulsivity, and aggressive behavior for both groups at baseline and 1 month. AMT was administered to the experimental group bi‐weekly for 4 weeks covering four components in 8 sessions. Results: We analysed the data with independent and paired t‐tests for between and within the group differences, and Pearson correlation for a relationship. AMT intervention improved self‐esteem and reduced aggressive behavior and impulsivity among adolescents residing in delinquent homes. A correlation was found between aggression and impulsivity, and between self‐esteem and impulsivity. Psychiatric nursing Implications: The study had provided initial evidence for practice that can help psychiatric nurses significantly implement these types of interventions among significant, vulnerable, and ignored groups of adolescents detained in observation homes to prevent the occurrence of repeat offenses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aggression and violent behavior are widespread in the world and cause serious threats to public safety. Violent criminal recidivism rates remain very high among certain groups of offenders. In India, the quantum of total violent crimes is continuously increasing from 2009 to 2019. Adverse childhood experiences can affect the development of a child in many ways, leading to highly maladaptive behaviors, such as serious, violent, and chronic (SVC) delinquency. This study was done as a case–control method among recidivist violent offenders and controls to examine the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on violent criminality. The questionnaire included the World Health Organization Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE- IQ) and standardized measures of Health Risk Behaviors (HRBs). Thirteen categories of adverse childhood experiences of the recidivist violent offenders and controls were measured. Bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant relation (p < 0.001) between ACEs and violent criminality in cases (M = 72.14, SD = 6.80, N = 35) and controls (M = 44.91, SD = 5.39, N = 32). The largest correlation was found between collective violence and household violence (r = 0.813). Bivariate correlation analyses were highly significant between total ACE score and criminality (r (35) = 0.927, p < 0.001). The results reveal that household violence, community violence and collective violence experienced by recidivist violent offenders were nearly double the rate of the control group. Findings emphasize the need for evaluations of ACEs in recidivist offenders for better rehabilitation strategies and also the necessity for preventive efforts at all levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the scope of Parent Management Training (PMT) as an effective intervention technique. One of the most predominant problems faced by majority of the habitual offenders is conduct disorder. PMT is given in order to modify the Behavior of offenders with conduct disorder. PMT facilitates Behavior modification among offenders and their parents. PMT is a psychological treatment that teaches parents to handle destructive actions of their children. PMT's goals are to strengthen parental competence in coping with behavioral issues and to improve the adaptive Behavior. A total of 30 samples were selected from Tirunelveli, Tamil nadu, India for the purpose of the study. Experimental research design has been employed for the purpose of the present study. Standardized instruments of (Gibbs, Barriga & Potter, 2001) and (Frick, 1991) has been utilized in the present study for the assessment of the phenomenon in detail. It is clearly evident that there is a behavioral change in offenders after implementing this intervention. Hence PMT can definitely be considered as one of the most promising intervention techniques in modifying the behavior of habitual offenders. Awareness must be created towards utilization of this intervention technique to mould the offenders and to make them meaningful citizens in the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This current paper presents a description of Aggression Replacement Training (ART) as an effective intervention program. The Aggression Replacement Training is a behavioral intervention for people who exhibit violent or aggressive behavior. Aggressive behaviour may have a variety of consequences, including lower learning achievement, poor social interactions, anxiety, depression, and suicide. It is a multimodal curriculum that deliberately teaches healthy habits in order to replace antisocial behaviors. An experimental research design has been employed for the purpose of the present study. A total of 20 samples were taken from the Tirunelveli district and used in the experiment. It is clear from the study that ART has a significant change on the behaviour of habitual offenders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This current paper presents a description of Parent Management Training (PMT) as an effective intervention technique. One of the most frequent mental problems among offenders is conduct disorder. PMT is given in order to modify the behaviour of offenders with conduct disorder. PMT provides favorable results for both parents and children. PMT is a psychological therapy that teaches parents to handle destructive actions of their children. PMT's goals are to strengthen parental competence in coping with behavioral issues and to improve the adaptive behaviour. A total of 20 samples were selected from Tirunelveli for the purpose of the experiment. The experimental research design has been employed for the purpose of the present study. It is clearly evident that there is a behavioral change in offenders after the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to understand the idea of criminal tribes, which was based on British belief about crime in their own country, England and later adapted and imposed upon Indian nomads. An analysis of biological criminals in England and hereditary criminal tribes in India is presented in the later part. The article discourses the idea of'caste', 'class' and 'tribe' which British officials used interchangeably in the context of Indian social structure. The discussion concludes by looking at the different debates on the making of the criminal tribes, the forces of change, which transformed certain nomadic communities of India as Criminal Tribes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fifty students from the Hindu community and 45 students from non-Hindu communities were presented with concrete scenarios depicting a situation in which a defendant has committed a specified crime, and the circumstances of this crime. They were asked to indicate the extent to which they thought that the death penalty would be an appropriate sentence in each concrete case. Four factors were varied in the scenarios: (a) the severity of the crime (robbery, rape, or homicide), (b) the level to which the culpability of the defendant had been established (fully vs. not fully), and whether the defendant whose culpability had been fully demonstrated had expressed remorse for the crime committed, (c) the defendant's antecedents (whether he had already committed crimes or not), and (d) the level of criminality in the area in which the crime has been committed (low vs. high). Overall, support for the death penalty was relatively high, and no significant difference was found between communities. Appropriateness judgments were higher (a) when the crime was rape or homicide than when it was robbery, (b) when the defendant's culpability was fully established, (c) when a guilty defendant did not express remorse for the crime committed, and (d) when the defendant was a recidivist. Female students judged the death penalty more appropriate in the case of rape than male students did. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on secret religious-criminal groups that operated in India during late 1800s. They were called Indian Thugs. Thugs worshipped Kali, who had commanded them to kill and then to perform certain purification rites, which absolved them from sin. In the article the author examines their six interrelated traits that characterize professional criminals in Western societies, namely, subculture, social structure, self-conception, skill, rationality and differential association. The Thugs were a secret organization(s) of strangler-robbers who murdered perhaps 40,000 people a year throughout India. They operated usually in units or gangs of about 20 men during the October-June traveling season and typically murdered an entire group of travelers with whom they had "inveigled" themselves supposedly for mutual protection on the roads. Thuggee was a full-blown subculture containing values, other beliefs, norms, knowledge, and symbols. Their beliefs allowed Thugs to kill prolifically without mercy or remorse, to take pride in their skill at inveigling, killing, and hiding bodies, and to keep their victim's valuables as just recompense.