Prisoner intellectual and personality correlates of offense severity and recidivism probability.
Multiple regression analyses were performed relating the severity of offense and probability of recidivism of 295 prison inmates to their performance on the MMPI and AGCT. The MMPI was found to be correlated with recidivism probability and the recidivism-related component of the Offense Severity variable, while AGCT IQ was found to be correlated with recidivism probability and the non-recidivism-related component of the Offense Severity variable. The implications for future research were discussed regarding this selective sensitivity of the MMPI to recidivism-related variables.
D003417:Criminal Psychology; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011329:Prisoners; D011336:Probability