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Evaluating the Clinical Utility of the MAYSI-2 among African American Male Juvenile Offenders
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Brittany LaBelle; Joseph Calvin Gagnon; Diana Joyce-Beaulieu; Jodi Lane; Nicholas Gage; John Kranzler; David E. Houchins; Holly B. Lane; Erica D. McCray; Richard G. Lambert; Shelbretta Ball – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
This study examined the clinical utility of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument--Second Version (MAYSI-2) among African American (AA) incarcerated youth and used White incarcerated youth as a comparison group. Data were analyzed for 314 incarcerated youth (193 AA offenders and 121 White offenders) of ages 13-17 years who were adjudicated…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Test Validity, African Americans, Males
Literacy Fidelity of Implementation Instrumentation in a Juvenile Justice School
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Houchins, David E.; Lambert, Richard; Henrich, Christopher C. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2022
Few juvenile justice group experimental and quasi-experimental literacy-focused studies document fidelity of implementation (FOI). Even fewer of those studies consider the psychometric properties of the FOI instrumentation used. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a brief FOI instrument used with English language…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Correctional Education, Literacy, Program Implementation
Validation of the Offending-Related Attitudes Questionnaire of CRIME-PICS II Scale (Chinese)
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Chui, Wing Hong; Wu, Joseph; Kwok, Yan Yuen; Liu, Liu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Crime, Factor Structure
A Study of the Use and Interpretation of Standardized Suicide Risk Assessment: Measures within a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Correctional Population
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Horon, Robert; McManus, Todd; Schmollinger, Justine; Barr, Tiffany; Jimenez, Megan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
The reliability, validity, and utility of the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS), and Reasons for Attempting Suicide Questionnaire (RASQ) with correctional mental health populations was evaluated. Evidence was found indicating good to excellent reliability for all…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Suicide, Hospitals, Correctional Institutions
The Empathy Index: An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of a New Empathy Measure for Sex Offenders
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Grady, Melissa D.; Rose, Roderick A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This article examines the analysis of the psychometric properties, including the validity and reliability, of the Empathy Index (EI), a new instrument designed to measure empathy deficits of sex offenders. The EI was tested with a sample of 158 sex offenders incarcerated in North Carolina prisons. An exploratory factor analysis yielded three…
Descriptors: Aggression, Correctional Institutions, Test Validity, Factor Analysis
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version--Findings from a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution
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Das, Jacqueline; de Ruiter, Corine; Doreleijers, Theo; Hillege, Sanne – Assessment, 2009
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Personality
Levels of Attribution and Change in a High-Security Correctional Population
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Magaletta, Philip R.; Jackson, Kevin L.; Miller, Nancy A.; Innes, Christopher A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
The goal of this research is to test the psychometric properties of the Levels of Attribution and Change (LAC) scale using a segment of a High-Security Federal correctional population. The LAC measures ten causal attributions of a given problem. The theoretical and empirical interrelatedness of these attributions are explored through a range of…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Test Validity, Psychometrics, Institutionalized Persons
Development of a Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test for the Moderately and Mildly Retarded. Final Report.
Edmonson, Barbara; And Others – 1977
The Socio-Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Test was designed to measure the attitudes and knowledge of retarded individuals in fourteen areas: (1) anatomy/terminology; (2) dating; (3) marriage; (4) intimacy; (5) intercourse; (6) pregnancy, childbirth and childrearing; (8) masturbation; (9) homosexuality; (10) alcohol and drugs; (11) community risks…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Dating (Social)