Substance abuse and criminal thinking: Testing the countervailing, mediation, and specificity hypotheses

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 506-512

  Walters, Glenn D ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PICTS; proactive criminal thinking; reactive criminal thinking; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876113133     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093936     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
2. Baker, L. A., Bezdjian, S., & Raine, A. (2006). Behavioral genetics: The science of antisocial behavior. Law and Contemporary Problems, 69, 7-46.
3. Bem, S. L. (1981). Bem Sex-Role Inventory manual. Palo Alto, CA: Mind Garden.
4. Bennett, T., Holloway, K., & Farrington, D. (2008). The statistical association between drug misuse and crime: A meta-analysis. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 13, 107-118. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2008.02.001
5. Blankenship, J., Dansereau, D. F., & Simpson, D. D. (1999). Cognitive enhancements of readiness for corrections-based treatment for drug abuse. The Prison Journal, 79, 431-445. doi:10.1177/0032885599079004005
6. Chaiken, J. M., & Chaiken, M. R. (1990). Drugs and predatory crime. In M. Tonry & J. Q. Wilson (Eds.), Drugs and crime (pp. 203-240). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
7. Dowden, C., & Brown, S. L. (2002). The role of substance abuse factors in predicting recidivism: A meta-analysis. Psychology, Crime & Law, 8, 243-264. doi:10.1080/10683160208401818
8. Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2007). Pathways from proactive and reactive aggression to substance use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 355-364. doi:10.1037/0893-164X.21.3.355
9. Gottfredson, M. R., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A general theory of crime. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
10. Grant, S., Contoreggi, C., & London, E. D. (2000). Drug abusers show impaired performance in a laboratory test of decision making. Neuropsychologia, 38, 1180-1187. doi:10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00158-X
11. Hillege, S., Das, J., & de Ruiter, C. (2010). The Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory: Psychometric properties and its relation to substance use and interpersonal style in a Dutch sample of non-referred adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 83-91. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.006
12. Hiller, M. L., Knight, K., & Simpson, D. D. (1999). Prison-based substance abuse treatment, residential aftercare and recidivism. Addiction, 94, 833-842. doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.9468337.x
13. Imai, K., Keele, L., & Tingley, D. (2010). A general approach to causal mediation analysis. Psychological Methods, 15, 309-334. doi:10.1037/a0020761
14. Imai, K., Keele, L., Tingley, D., & Yamamoto, T. (2010). Causal mediation analysis using R. In H. D. Vinod (Ed.), Advances in social science research using R (pp. 129-154). New York, NY: Springer.
15. Jessor, R., & Jessor, S. L. (1977). Problem behavior and psychosocial development: A longitudinal study of youth. New York, NY: Academic Press.
16. Karberg, J. C., & James, D. J. (2005). Substance dependence, abuse, and treatment of jail inmates, 2002. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report (NCJ 209588). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
17. Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., Patrick, C. J. Benning, S. D., & Kramer, M. D. (2007). Linking antisocial behavior, substance use, and personality: An integrative quantitative model of adult externalizing spectrum. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 645-666. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.116.4.645
18. Lynam, D. R., Hoyle, R. H., & Newman, J. P. (2006). The perils of partialling: Cautionary tales from aggression and psychopathy. Assessment, 13, 328-341. doi:10.1177/1073191106290562
19. Mumola, C. J., & Karberg, J. C. (2006). Drug use and dependence, state and federal prisoners, 2004. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report (NCJ 213530). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
20. Office of National Drug Control Policy. (2011). Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM II) 2010 annual report. Washington, DC: Author.
21. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2011). Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
22. Volkow, N. D., Fowler, J. S., & Wang, G. (2004). The addicted human brain viewed in light of imaging studies: Brain circuits and treatment strategies. Neuropharmacology, 47, 3-13. doi:10.1016/neuropharm .2004.07.019
23. Walters, G. D. (1994). Drugs and crime in lifestyle perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24. Walters, G. D. (1995). The Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles: Part I. Reliability and preliminary validity. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 22, 307-325. doi:10.1177/0093854895022002008
25. Walters, G. D. (2006). Proactive and reactive composite scales for the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 42, 23-36. doi:10.1300/J076v42n04-02
26. Walters, G. D. (2007). Measuring proactive and reactive criminal thinking with the PICTS: Correlations with outcome expectancies and hostile attribution biases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 371-385. doi: 10.1177/0886260506296988
27. Walters, G. D. (2009a). Anger management training in incarcerated offenders: Differential impact on proactive and reactive criminal thinking. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 8, 214-217. doi: 10.1080/14999010903358995
28. Walters, G. D. (2009b). Effect of a longer versus shorter test-release interval on recidivism prediction with the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 53, 665-678. doi:10.1177/0306624X08321867
29. Walters, G. D., Frederick, A. A., & Schlauch, C. (2007). Postdicting arrests for proactive and reactive aggression with the PICTS proactive and reactive composite scales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 1415-1430. doi:10.1177/0886260507305556
30. Walters, G. D., & Geyer, M. D. (2005). Construct validity of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles in relationship to the PAI, disciplinary adjustment, and program completion. Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 252-260. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa8403-04
31. Walters, G. D., Hagman, B. T., & Cohn, A. M. (2011). Toward a hierarchical model of criminal thinking: Evidence from item response theory and confirmatory factor analysis. Psychological Assessment, 23, 925-936.
32. White, H. R., & Gorman, D. M. (2000). Dynamics of the drug-crime relationship. In Office of Justice Programs, Criminal Justice 2000. Vol. 1-The nature of crime: Continuity and change (pp. 151-218). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.