Taxometric analysis of the psychological inventory of criminal thinking styles in incarcerated offenders and college students

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-793

  Walters, Glenn D ^a   McCoy, Katrina ^b  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal thinking; PICTS; Taxometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249016027     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807300644     Document Type: Article

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