Predicting recidivism with the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) in community-supervised male and female federal offenders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 652-659

  Walters, Glenn D ^a   Lowenkamp, Christopher T ^b  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Administrative Office of the United States Courts   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal probation; Post Conviction Risk Assessment; Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles; Recidivism; Supervised release

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PRISONER; PROBATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF CRIMINAL THINKING STYLES; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THINKING;

ADULT; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THINKING;

EID: 84938370301     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000210     Document Type: Article

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