Citation

Rogers R, Seman W. Behav. Sci. Law 1983; 1(2): 89-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.2370010212

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The clinical forensic applications of the MMPI in: (1) the identification of violent behavior, including murder, and (2) the determination of sanity, is briefly reviewed. Samples of evaluatees charged with murder were obtained in Chicago and Toledo, and were examined for differences on MMPI profiles for evaluatees clinically determined to be sane versus insane. Further comparisons were made between these evaluatees and a group of treated patients previously found not guilty by reason of insanity for murder.

RESULTS suggested that the MMPI is limited in its discriminability between sane and insane evaluatees, and specifically questioned the usefulness of certain profiles in rendering sanity opinions. The MMPI did demonstrate expected differences between insane evaluatees and their treated counterparts.

Language: en