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Impression Management in the Ethical Self-Presentation of Offenders Undergoing Presentence Evaluation
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Holland, Terrill R.; Boik, Robert J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Ethical choices were assessed for offenders instructed to produce favorable versus unfavorable impressions. Pronounced impression management effects were obtained for prosocial and antisocial responses, and high scores on a dimension of change defined by these variables were related to sociopathic features on the MMPI. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Criminology, Personality Measures, Prisoners
Prediction of Elopement of Mentally Ill Offenders Using the MMPI
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Cooke, Gerald; Thorwarth, Carolyn – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Differences on the MMPI for elopers and non-elopers from a mentally ill offender population were analyzed and a sign approach was developed. Implications of MMPI differences for the psychological status of elopers are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders