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of organizational members, Tiina Jauhiainen, Jianzhong Hong, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Department of Business Administration, Finland
In economics the prevention of a crime has been mainly examined by the economic consequence
and by measuring the probability of being caught (e.g. deterrence theory). Our study, however,
focuses on the psychological consequences of the increased punishment and the change in the
behavior of organizational members. We adopt the Delphi method when assembling the opinions
of experts, and express the outcomes in the form of scenarios. Delphi panel consists of authorities,
businessmen and researchers of relevant fields. The theoretical and practical implications of this
study are discussed in relation to competition policy decision-making.
4107.2 An empirical study of women incarcerated in Indian penitentiaries, Neeti Rana 1 , Sahab
Pyari Sinha 2 , 1 EMPI University, India, 2 Dayalbagh University, Agra, India
An attempt has been made to study role of social support in environmental perception (perception
of crowding and perceived control) and attitude towards life among Indian female prisoners. A
2(Social Support: high/low) x 2 (Type of prisoner: undertrial/convict) x 2 (Gender: elderly/young)
factorial design with repeated measures revealed that elderly undertrial female prisoners perceived
maximum crowding, lowest control and negative attitude towards life as compared to other female
prisoners. Critical issues realted to death/imprisonment fear of dying in prison, solitary
confinement, prison amenities, religious beliefs/practices, health status, fights/assaults, prison
adjustments, social skills and anticipated post release problems are also discussed.
4107.3 Cognitive deficiencies as correlates of juvenile antisocial behavior, Martha Frias, Luz
Guevara, Irasema Castell, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico
The aim of this study was to analyze some cognitive process associated to antisocial behavior. 63
minors receiving treatment in the Juvenile tribunals in Sonora, Mexico and 49 juveniles from the
general community constituted the sample. 6 subtests of the Integrated Program of
Neuropsychological Exploration (assessing memory, automatic language, response to verbal
denomination, position sequence and praxis), and items measuring antisocial behavior and social
abilities were administered to participants. Indexes were created by averaging responses from the
items of each sub-scale. A path analysis was conducted considering those indexes. Results
indicated that social abilities, memory, and verbal denomination had direct negative effect on
antisocial behavior. Automatic language, response to verbal denomination, position sequence and
praxis had an indirect effect on antisocial behavior, which suggests that cognitive deficiencies
affect that behavior.
4107.4 A study on inferring ability of 532 heavy criminals in China, Fengqin Jia 1 , Wenying
Wang 2 , Qinghua Zhang 2 , Wei Wu 3 , Quanhu Xue 3 , 1 Educational Department of Science and
Technology University of Suzhou, China, 2 Applied Psychological Institute of Soochow University,
China, 3 Suzhou Prison of Jiangsu Provice, China
Using SPM, the author tested 532 heavy criminals (67 percent of them are life imprisonment or
stay of execution), with 304 junior high school students in grade one for contrast. Their criminal
offence involved stealing, injury, rape, gangster, swindle, traffic in narcotics, robbery and
economic crimes. F and chi square tests showed the following results: Criminals’ total scores and
each group scores of SPM are all significantly lower than those of contrast group, especially in
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