The myth of offenders' deception on self-report measure predicting recidivism: Example from the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ)

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 671-683

  Loza, Wagdy ^a,d   Loza Fanous, Amel ^b   Heseltine, Karen ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Social Development   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Kingston Penitentiary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deception; Predicting; Recidivism; Self Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECUMBENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; DECEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34248547868     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507300208     Document Type: Article

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