POCZUCIE KONTROLI U SPRAWCÓW PRZESTĘPSTW AGRESYWNYCH
LOCUS OF CONTROL IN AGGRESSIVE CRIMINALS

Summary/Abstract: Abstract. The main purpose of the research was to fi nd out what type of locus of control is typical for aggressive criminals. It was assumed that aggressive criminals have external locus of control, mainly because the feeling of incident randomness is higher for aggressive criminals who also have lower sense of control of incidents and lack of sense of agency. To verify this statement, 140 jailed males were examined using the I-E Scale by J. B. Rotter and the Questionnaire of Personal Adaptation by I. Niewiadomska, M. Kalinowski, A. Majcherczyk. The examined group included 69 aggressive criminals and 71 nonaggressive ones. Results described in the article show that conditions in which the criminals were living infl uenced showing up external locus of control, which results in their conviction that they and their environment depend on others (Berne, 1998). Aggressive and nonaggressive criminals have similar incident randomness feeling and lack of control of incidents. The only difference is lack of self-effi cacy.

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