@article{ref1,
title="Personality characteristics of male juvenile offenders by adjudicated offenses as indicated by the MMPI-A",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2002",
author="Glaser, Brian A. and Calhoun, Georgia B. and Petrocelli, John V.",
volume="29",
number="2",
pages="183-201",
abstract="The current investigation was designed to identify the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) scales that discriminate between three general types of criminal offenses among male juvenile offenders and the degree to which selected scales discriminate. Seventy-two male juvenile offenders were classified according to type of offense: crime against person, crime against property, or drug/alcohol offense. Selected scales were examined as discriminant predictors of offense pattern in a descriptive discriminant analysis as well as a classification analysis. Two significant linear discriminant functions emerged. Classification analysis also demonstrated the utility of the MMPI-A in differentiating between type of juvenile offense by correctly classifying 79.2% of the cases. Implications for the use of the MMPI-A with male juvenile offenders are discussed. Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854802029002004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854802029002004"
}