Concurrent Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism and Institutional Adjustment on a Sample of North Carolina Offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Loza, Wagdy ^a,b   Conley, Michael ^c   Warren, Birchie ^d  

^a University of Queen's ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Warren Correctional Institution   (United States)

^d Franklin Correctional Institution   (United States)

Author keywords

North Carolina; Prediction; Self approval; Violent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECIDIVISM; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF APPRAISAL QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0346458536     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03257714     Document Type: Article

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