Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA): Development, factor structure, reliability, and validity

Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 240-253

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a   Kroner, Daryl G ^b   Forth, Adelle E ^c  

^a Bath Institution   (Canada)

^b Pittsburgh Institution   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial associates; Antisocial attitudes; Criminal; Offender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CRIME; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CRIME; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036716308     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191102009003003     Document Type: Article

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