title: Tests of Theories of Crime in Female Prisoners.
abstract: Several general theories of crime were tested with path models on 293 female prisoners in a U.S. State prison. The theories tested included Social Bond and Control, Thrill/Risk Seeking, and a new attachment-based Developmental Dynamic Systems model. A large battery of different instruments ranging from measures of risk taking, to a crime addiction scale, to Childhood Adverse Events, to attachments and clinical issues were used. The older general theories of crime did not hold up well under the rigor of path modeling. The new dynamic systems model was supported that incorporated adverse childhood events leading to (a) peer crime, (b) crime addiction, and (c) a measure derived from the Attachment and Clinical Issues Questionnaire (ACIQ) that takes individual differences in attachments and clinical issues into account. The results were discussed in terms of new approaches to Research Defined Criteria of Diagnosis (RDoC) and new approaches to intervention.
authors.affiliation: 1 Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.affiliation: 1 Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fugett
authors.affiliation: 1 Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Ashtin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.affiliation: 1 Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008016:Life Change Events; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013598:Systems Theory; D014481:United States
keywords: ACIQ; RDoC diagnoses; attachment and crime; dynamic systems theories of crime; female prisoners; individual versus group analyses; risk seeking theories of crime; social bond theories