Psychological Classification of the Adult Male Prison Inmate

This book describes and examines five psychological systems for classifying adult male prison inmates: 1) Warren's I-level; 2) Megargee's MMPI-Based Criminal Classification System; 3) Hunt's Conceptual Level; 4) Quay's Adult Internal Management System; and 5) the Jesness Inventory Classification System. It also presents psychometric data on the reliability and validity of each system and illustrates different adjustment patterns of prison inmates.

About the author

Patricia VanVoorhis is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia van Voorhis, Patricia van van Voorhis
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.1994
• EAN: 9780791417942
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1794-2
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Suny Series in Gender and Soci; Suny Series in Gender and Soci; Suny New Directions in Crime a
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology