Predicting Recidivism With the Personality Assessment Inventory in a Sample of Sex Offenders Screened for Civil Commitment as Sexually Violent Predators

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Murrie, Daniel C ^b   Hawes, Samuel W ^a   Simpler, Amber ^a   Johnson, Jeremy ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality assessment inventory; Risk assessment; Sex offenders; Sexually violent predator

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSION SCALE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL FEATURE SCALE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RACIDIVISM; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE POTENTIAL INDEX;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; TEXAS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77950223623     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017818     Document Type: Article

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