The Myth of Offenders' Deception on Self-Report Measure Predicting Recidivism

Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Tập 22 Số 6 - Trang 671-683 - 2007
Wagdy Loza1, Amel Loza-Fanous2, Karen Heseltine3
1Kingston Penitentiary and Queen's University, Canada,
2Social Development, Canada, Ottawa
3#N#University of South Australia, Adelaide#N#

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Two studies were conducted to investigate the vulnerability of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) to deception and self-presentation biases. The SAQ is a self-report measure used to predict recidivism and guide institutional and program assignments. In the first study, comparisons were made between 429 volunteer offenders who completed the SAQ for research purposes and 75 offenders who completed the SAQ as a part of the psychological assessments process required for consideration for early release. In the second study, 106 participants over two sessions completed the SAQ and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding. Participants completed both measures under two separate sets of instructions: (a) Answers would be used for research purposes, and (b) answers would be used for making decisions about their release to the community. Results from both studies reaffirmed previous findings that the SAQ is not vulnerable to deception, lying, and self-presentation biases.

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Tập 22 Số 6

671-683

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