Inmate thinking patterns: An empirical investigation

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1029-1043

  Mandracchia, Jon T ^a   Morgan, Robert D ^a   Garos, Sheila ^a   Garland, J Travis ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Criminal attitudes; Criminal thinking; Dysfunctional thinking; Inmate thinking; PICTS

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547197294     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807301788     Document Type: Article

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