TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Measuring criminal thinking styles: The construct validity and utility of the PICTS in a Dutch prison sample
JO  - Legal and criminological psychology
A1  - Bulten, Erik
A1  - Nijman, Henk
A1  - Staak, Cees
SP  - 35
EP  - 49
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - Purpose.  Criminal thinking and thinking styles are important areas in the assessment and treatment of offenders. The Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS: Walters, 2005) is designed to assess such criminal thinking styles. In the current study, the associations between criminal thinking styles on the one hand, and criminal histories, personality traits, and mental disorders of Dutch prisoners on the other, were explored. The aim is to test the reliability and construct validity of the PICTS in a population of male Dutch detainees.<p /> 
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SN  - 1355-3259
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532507X255368
ID  - ref1
ER  -