Conceptualization and measurement of criminal thinking: Initial validation of the criminogenic thinking profile

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1080-1102

  Mitchell, Damon ^a   Tafrate, Raymond Chip ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal thinking; CTP; offender assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867551564     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11416197     Document Type: Article

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