To steal or not steal: A qualitative study on the background and perceived motivational factors of theft offenders in Makati City Jail and their affect, behavior, and cognition after the pursuance of crime against property

• Main Authors: Ang, Liz Belle Marie Y., Paggabao, Cher-avi Schwyz H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Theft—Psychological aspects; Thieves > Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5139
• Institution: De La Salle University

The purpose of this study is to determine the background, separated into sex and civil status, and the motivational factors, both rewards and punishments that made a theft offender to pursue a crime against property as well as their corresponding affect, behavior, and cognition after the crime. 15 male and 9 female Inmates were from the Makati City Jail were interviewed. A descriptive research design was used to analyze the data. A cross-analysis was used from the themes formed from the data to compare the difference between motivational factors of males and females, along with their affect and behavior. There was a main theme overriding the motivation of inmates. It was found that male inmates commit the crime for themselves and female inmates commit the crime for others.