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 Voorhis
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1994
• EAN: 9780791417935
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1793-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Suny New Directions in Crime a
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology