Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Role of psychosocial factors in criminal behaviour in adults in India Subject The topic of the resource Criminal behaviour; Psychological factors; Psychosocial factors; Social factors Description An account of the resource Over the years, there has been a steady increase in the number of crimes committed annually in India (Snapshots, 2014). The purpose of this paper was to delve into the psychological and social factors that contribute to the development of criminal behaviour in the Indian context. For the current research, concurrent embedded mixed research design was used. Twenty individuals with a criminal record were selected using purposive sampling and twenty individuals with no criminal record were matched on the basis of age, gender and socio economic status. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire- Revised was administered on them. A semi structured interview delving into understanding the social factors that contributed to the criminal behaviour was taken for six individuals who have a criminal record. Results revealed that there was no significant difference in the personality traits of extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and lie score between the two groups. However, various social factors like lack of social support, less emphasis on education and awareness, financial constraints and certain individual traits were found to be prevalent. Furthermore, an interactive effect of personality and environmental factors was established. A model was also proposed for providing interventions at an individual as well as societal level. 2017 International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sikand M.; Reddy K.J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, Vol-12, No. 1, pp. 24-44. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.345701" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.345701</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021715002&amp;doi=10.5281%2Fzenodo.345701&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8e1acfd27f9274c1b06c2392a51af77e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021715002&amp;doi=10.5281%2fzenodo.345701&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8e1acfd27f9274c1b06c2392a51af77e</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9735089 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sikand M., Department of Clinical Psychology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, PGIMER, New Delhi, India; Reddy K.J., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 032, India