Predictive validity despite social desirability: Evidence for the robustness of self-report among offenders

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-150

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a,b,c   Loza, Wagdy ^e   Kroner, Daryl G ^d  

^a Bath Institution   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kingston Penitentiary   (Canada)

^d Pittsburgh Institution   (Canada)

^e Bath Institution ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIDIVISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF APPRAISAL QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0242297805     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.536     Document Type: Article

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