Accuracy of Megargee's criminal offender infrequency (Fc) scale in detecting malingering among forensic examinees

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-504

  Gassen, Michael D ^a   Pietz, Christina A ^a,b   Spray, Beverly J ^a   Denney, Robert L ^a  

^a Forest Institute   (United States)

^b Forest Institute of Professional Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal offender infrequency scale; Fc scale; Forensic assessment; Malingering; MMPI 2; Overreporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947681134     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806295859     Document Type: Article

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