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This study aims to investigate the characteristic of assertiveness of mothers of delinquent adolescents. The statistical population of the study consists of mothers of adolescents with delinquency living in Tehran. Convenience sampling was used to select study participants. The sample size was 15 people in each group (treatment and control groups). Consistent with qualitative research methodology, semi-structured interviews were used for collecting data about participants’ assertiveness. The resulting data from description of interaction between the couples were analyzed using phenomenological theory. What was seen in studying the quality of assertiveness in mothers with delinquent adolescents included: a). withdrawn with care for others (others’ interests – following, accepting others’ talks, escaping response, playing victim), b). aggression with focus on self (dogmatic, uncaring, argumentative, dependence, competition as opposed to cooperation), c). withdrawal and submission to situation and conditions (hopeless, not believing self, blaming others, taking roles), d). withdrawal and parental role ambiguity (indecisive, lack of monitoring - unorganized monitoring, imbalance in motivation for daring behaviors – easy-taking, uncaring. The data from qualitative interviews were analyzed using three stages of open, axial, and selective coding. The results showed that, in the sample under study, most mothers of delinquent adolescents tended to be more passive and less assertivene.

This study was conducted to examine of the Effectiveness of the optimistic skills group training on emotional intelligence in boys of Kerman Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center. In this study, a Qusi-experimental method with the design of two groups, random assignment, and pretest and posttest was used. The research instrument was the Emotional Intelligence questionnaire that its validity and Reliability were acceptable. The subjects were 60 adolescents that were selected from the boys of Kerman Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center. The participants were matched in two groups. The groups were assigned in the control and experimental groups, randomly. According to Seligman view, the experimental treatment was conducted on the experimental group during 10 sessions. One month after end of treatment sessions, the post test was administrated. Statistical analysis was conducted by t-test. The Results showed that with the optimistic skills group training influence on enhancement of emotional intelligence of the experimental group significantly more than control group. Therefore it is suggested that the optimism skills group training inserted in the training programs of the Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center.

The modern trial system has utterly changed through passing classic learnings. In effect of explicatory intellectuals, the new system is trying to revive a kind of modern practical trial system in which both the committer of a crime is the pivot subject of theoretical and practical studies and the personality of the delinquentespecially juveniles- is tested by scientific methods. This intellectual transformation must be regarded as the result of humanist schools efforts to develop practical criminal policy based on fairness and human oriented approach. Thus, the necessity of making personality file in order to individualizing social reactions and determining a sanction appropriate to character of specified delinquents both have become the focus of research in criminal justice system and have made the legislators to incorporate the scientific test of delinquent’s character as a legal obligation in trial rules, and to explain it’s results in delinquents criminal life. While Iran’s juvenile trial system is under another test, this research studies legal situation of personality file in Iran’s juvenile judicial system by focusing on the new suggested bill of proceeding juvenile delinquency and its positive and negative points. Some highlights of this research are as follows:1. It is essential and inevitable to recognize the character of juvenile delinquents with the aim of individualizing social reactions. 2. Forming personality file must be conversed into a legal obligation with a strong sanction. 3. Practical criminal policy should be the substitution of Theoretical and subjective criminal policy. 4. Iran’s trial system does not recognize the forming personality file in its scientific concept and is far away from the ideal situation. 5. The new proposal bill lacks cohesion and clearness in this way; although it has done an indirect reference to the necessity of forming personality file.

The purpose of this study was to compare juvenile delinquents and non-delinquents on the basis of sensation-seeking, self-esteem, affective family climate, and socio-economic status in Ahvaz. The statistical population of this research was all juvenile delinquents boys resident in Education and Modification Center. The sample consists of 92 juvenile delinquents boys who were selected randomly and 94 delinquents who were selected randomly from high schools, using stratified sampling. The scales used in this study were Sensation-Seeking Scale, Self-Esteem Questionnaire, Climate of Family Scale, and Socio-Economic Questionnaire. Multivariate and repeated measure analyses were used to compare two groups. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the tow groups on all dependent variables. The finding also revealed that there were significant differences between the two groups on three subscales of affective family climate.