Личностови особености на деца в конфликт със закона
Personality traits of children in conflict with the law

Summary/Abstract: The personality traits of an individual essentially represent the features and character that determinetheir behavior in specific situations, including those that may create conditions for conflictwith the law, the moral and ethical norms of society. This applies equally to children, with the distinctionthat they have not yet developed a stable inner psychological world to guide them throughlife. Their process of socialization often exposes them to challenges that may verge on breaking thelaw. The interrelation between adolescents’ personality traits and their involvement in conflictswith the law highlights the need to study this phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to explorewhether there is a relationship between personality traits in childhood and adolescence and antisocialor unlawful behaviors that lead to conflict with the law—an assumption that forms the basis ofthe research hypothesis. To test this hypothesis, the research was conducted in several directions:interviews were carried out with total of 21 employees of the “Juvenile Crime” Sector of the GeneralDirectorate of the National Police and members of Local Commissions for Combating AntisocialBehavior of Minors; statistical data were analyzed in correlation with the interviews; and anin-depth study was conducted on 15 adolescents with deviant behavior, involved in juvenilebehavioral proceedings, using Cattell’s 14PF Personality Questionnaire for Adolescents, with findingspresented through the Case Study method.

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