Criminal thinking and recidivism: Meta-analytic evidence on the predictive and incremental validity of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS)

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-278

  Walters, Glenn D ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal thinking; Incremental validity; Meta analysis; PICTS; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

AGE; CRIME; CRIMINAL THINKING; GENERAL CRIMINAL THINKING SCORE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCRIMENTAL VALIDITY; META ANALYSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROACTIVE CRIMINAL THINKING SCORE; PSYCHOSOCIAL INVENTORY OF CRIMINAL THINKING STYLES; REACTIVE CRIMINAL THINKING SCORE; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THINKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84859267665     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2012.02.010     Document Type: Review

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