Criminal Justice and Behavior
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Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Inc.
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Psychology (miscellaneous)Pathology and Forensic MedicineLaw
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Psychopathy Although the evolution of psychopathy as a formal clinical disorder began more than a century ago, it is only recently that scientifically sound psychometric procedures for its assessment have become available. The result has been a sharp increase in theoretically meaningful and replicable research findings, both in applied settings and in the laboratory. The construct of psychopathy is p... ...
Tập 23 Số 1 - Trang 25-54 - 1996
Violent Recidivism of Mentally Disordered Offenders Multivariate techniques were used to derive and validate an actuarial instrument for the prediction of violent postrelease offenses by mentally disordered offenders. The 618 subjects were a heterogeneous group of men who had been charged with serious offenses. Approximately half had been treated in a maximum security psychiatric institution and the rest had been briefly assessed prior to ... ...
Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 315-335 - 1993
Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy of Six Risk Assessment Instruments for Adult Sex Offenders Five actuarial instruments and one guided clinical instrument designed to assess risk for recidivism were compared on 215 sex offenders released from prison for an average of 4.5 years. The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide, Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide, Rapid Risk Assessment of Sexual Offense Recidivism, and Static-99 predicted general recidivism, serious (violent and sexual) recidivism... ...
Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 490-521 - 2001
Violent Video Games and Aggression Two studies examined the relationship between exposure to violent video games and aggression or violence in the laboratory and in real life. Study 1 participants were either randomized or allowed to choose to play a violent or nonviolent game. Although males were more aggressive than females, neither randomized exposure to violent-video-game conditions nor previous real-life exposure to v... ...
Tập 35 Số 3 - Trang 311-332 - 2008
Treatment Response of Adolescent Offenders With Psychopathy Features This study examines the treatment response of 141 juvenile offenders with high scores on the Psychopathy Checklist:Youth Version ( M total > 27). Two groups of potentially psychopathic offenders are compared: one that participates in the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (MJTC), an intensive treatment program (MJTC, n = 56), and another that receives “treatment as usual” in conventiona... ...
Tập 33 Số 5 - Trang 571-596 - 2006
The Effect of Gang Affiliation on Violent Misconduct Among Inmates During the Early Years of Confinement The pattern of inmate involvement in violent misconduct is established in the early years of imprisonment, yet few studies have looked at the predictors of violent misconduct during the first months or years of imprisonment, and none have studied the effects of gang affiliation during this time period. This study of 2, 158 male inmates who were confined for at least 3 years in a southwest... ...
Tập 33 Số 4 - Trang 419-466 - 2006
Coping, Imprisonment, and Rehabilitation The results of a recent longitudinal study of coping in prison are reviewed with respect to their implications for rehabilitation. The failure of the conditions of ordinary imprisonment to change behavior generally, and the demonstration of substantial coping deficits among prisoners in particular, are both justification for increased adoption of treatment programs aimed at behavioral cha... ...
Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 53-70 - 1990
Comparative Validity Analysis of Multiple Measures of Violence Risk in a Sample of Criminal Offenders This study compared the predictive validity of multiple indices of violence risk among 188 general population criminal offenders: Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20 (HCR-20) Violence Risk Assessment Scheme, Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), Violent Offender Risk Assessment Scale (VORAS), Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), and Screening Version (PCL:SV). Several indices we... ...
Tập 32 Số 5 - Trang 479-510 - 2005
The Effects of Media Violence Exposure On Criminal Aggression The article presents a meta-analysis of studies—yielding 26 independent samples of subjects—on the relationship between exposure to media violence and violent aggression. Mean effect sizes from aggregate and experimental studies do not suggest that media violence and criminal aggression are positively associated, but findings from prospective longitudinal studies are more ambiguous. Summa... ...
Tập 35 Số 6 - Trang 772-791 - 2008
Dimensions Associated with Assessments of Sex Offender Recidivism Risk This research explored empirical dimensions of sex offender recidivism risk. Study 1 portrayed descriptive statistics and factor structure information concerning actuarial risk instruments and diagnoses derived from a sample of sex offenders being evaluated for civil commitment in Wisconsin. Study 2 used a sample from England and Wales to analyze the relationships between individual risk ... ...
Tập 29 Số 5 - Trang 569-589 - 2002