Risk factors for institutional misconduct among incarcerated women: An examination of the criterion-related validity of the personality assessment inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-117

  Skopp, Nancy A ^a   Edens, John F ^a   Ruiz, Mark A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISCONDUCT; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRISON; PRISONER; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847145045     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8801_14     Document Type: Article

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