Lineamientos para Intervenir Adolescentes que han Cometido Homicidio Doloso Desde Rasgos de Personalidad y Adaptación Familiar y Escolar en el Marceliano Ossa

Abstract

Intentional murder committed by teenagers has been on the rise, which demonstrates the need of researching teenagers’ conditions, personality traits and adaptation to school and familiar environments in order for them to receive an adequate psychological intervention in re-education centres. This paper compares the personality traits and the adaptation to school and familiar environments of teenagers who have committed intentional murder with those of teenagers who have not. Two tools were used for collecting the data needed, the MACI and the TAMAI. Gathered data was analysed to determine the diagnosis and discussion of the adaptation factors they involve school and familiar environments, in order to outline a proposal of a future lineament intervention model for Colombia’s Teenagers Criminal Liability System. 42 teenagers volunteered for this Project, divided in two groups: one where all members had committed intentional murder and were imprisoned at the Marceline Ossa Rehabilitation and Re-education Centre in the city of Pereira, and another group in which members had no criminal background and attended the El Dorado School at Cuba neighbourhood, in Pereira. All volunteers were older than 14 years old and younger than 18. One important finding obtained in this research is to identify differences in the subscales of personality and family adaptation - education in the target population; from these results a lineament intervention for adolescents who have committed the crime of murder is proposed.