title: Predicting recidivism in sex offenders with the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS).
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) was capable of predicting recidivism in 322 male sex offenders released from prison-based sex offender programs in a Midwestern state. The Static-99R and PICTS General Criminal Thinking (GCT), Reactive (R), and Entitlement (En) scores all correlated significantly with general recidivism, the Static-99R correlated significantly with violent recidivism, and the Static-99R score and PICTS GCT, Proactive (P), and En scores correlated significantly with failure to register as a sex offender (FTR) recidivism. Area under the curve effect size estimates varied from small to large, and Cox regression analyses revealed that the PICTS En score achieved incremental validity relative to the Static-99R in predicting general recidivism and the PICTS GCT, P, and En scores achieved incremental validity relative to the Static-99R in predicting FTR recidivism. It is speculated that the PICTS in general and the En scale in particular may have utility in risk management and treatment planning for sex offenders by virtue of their focus on antisocial thinking.
authors.affiliation: Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, USA walters@kutztown.edu.
authors.forename: Glenn D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.affiliation: Indiana Sex Offender Management and Monitoring Program, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deming
authors.affiliation: Indiana Sex Offender Management and Monitoring Program, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casbon
mesh_terms: D003417:Criminal Psychology; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D017211:Treatment Failure
keywords: Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles; entitlement; recidivism; sex offenders