CLINIQUE DES TRAITS PSYCHOPATHIQUES DES JEUNES DÉLINQUANTS HABITANTS DANS LA VILLE DE KINSHASA

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the psychopathic personality traits of young delinquents living in the city province of Kinshasa; a study conducted among young delinquents in five communes of the city province Kinshasa: Kalamu, Makala, Ngaba Ndjili and N'sele. To do this, we used the clinical method supported by the clinical interview and the revised Hare Psychopathy Scale (PCL-R) (hare 1991-2003) as a data collection technique which was administered to 56 juvenile delinquents in the city province of Kinshasa. First, the psychopathic traits of the young delinquents of five communes of the city province Kinshasa: Kalamu, Makala, Ngaba, Ndjili and N'sele. are manipulative, lack of empathy, irresponsibility, impulsiveness, tendency to harm others, horrors, pride, as to the influence of intermediate variables, no variable had an influence on the results of our study concerning the dimension of lack of empathy. All in all, the psychopathic traits of juvenile delinquents in the city-province of Kinshasa vary according to the socio-demographic variables of age, sex, education, and socioeconomic level of the family.