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Publication Date: 1992
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The Use of the MMPI Special Scales in the Assessment of Delinquent Personality.
Weaver, Gary M.; Wootton, Richard R.
Adolescence, v27 n107 p545-54 Fall 1992
Administered Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to 401 adjudicated male juvenile offenders. Identified 28 MMPI scales that best described and discriminated between high and low levels of recidivism, crime severity, assault, and property offenses. Psychopathic Deviance, Amorality, Authority Problems, Social Responsibility, and MacAndrew Alcoholism scales best discriminated between high and low levels of recidivism and property offenses. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Males, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits, Recidivism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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