Exploration : what are missing in young offenders? Education and executive function?

• Main Author: Choo, Melissa Hui Lin
• Other Authors: Qu Li
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16479
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examined education and executive function in male young offenders and undergraduates in Singapore. The Stroop and arithmetic switching tasks were used to investigate the developmental status of executive function. No significant interference difference was found between inmates and underg...