title: The applicability of the Beall-Panton MMPI escape index to female felons.
abstract: Tested the discrimination capacity of the MMPI Beall-Panton escape (EC) index by applying it to a sample of 168 minimum security incarcerated female felons. The EC index did not differentiate significantly between escapee (N = 71) and non-escapee (N = 97) female felons. However, significant differentiation between the groups did occur when MMPI clinical and validity scales were considered separately. Escapees scored significantly higher than non-escapees on scales F, PD, PT, SC, and MA and significantly lower on scale L. In addition, female escapees were significantly younger and more often imprisoned as a juvenile than non-escapees. There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to IQ, educational level, sentence length, or numbers of adult incarcerations, psychiatric hospitalizations, or children.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*