Study on the influence of psychosocial factors in the practice of crimes in the Rocha Pinto neighborhood

Abstract

This article aimed to analyze the psychosocial factors associated with the practice of crimes in Rocha Pinto neighborhood. In this study, the main authors that served as a basis were: Cesare Lombroso (2007), Émile Durkheim (2007), Anthony Giddens (2008), João Farias Júnior (2008) and Paulo de Carvalho (2010). Regarding the methodology, quantitative research was used, the instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire and bibliographic research.45 subjects participated in the study (28 males and 17 females), with a mean age of 19.83 (Standard Deviation = 9.3). A questionnaire with a Likert scale format consisting of (3) three indicators: behavior, society and mental illness, and (8) eight items) was applied to the participants, whose data were submitted to the SPSS computer package. Therefore, according to the results, it was found that psychosocial factors are linked to the practice of crimes. Based on the results obtained, two conclusions were reached, one psychological and the other social. It was concluded that individual differences such as personality, family breakdown, frustration, lack of affective and moral feelings, social disorganization, problems with self-esteem and other internal and instinctive mechanisms of the individual, are factors that influence the practice crimes.