TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The latent structure of the criminal lifestyle: a taxometric analysis of the lifestyle criminality screening form and psychological inventory of criminal thinking styles
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Walters, Glenn D.
SP  - 1623
EP  - 1637
VL  - 34
IS  - 12
N2  - Three taxometric procedures, mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC), maximum eigenvalue (MAXEIG), and latent mode factor analysis (L-Mode), were applied to the Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form (LCSF), the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS), and a combination of the two in a group of 771 male federal prisoners. It was hypothesized that the rating scale (LCSF) would demonstrate taxonic structure and the self-report measure (PICTS) would demonstrate dimensional structure. The PICTS--dimensional relationship was found but the LCSF--taxon relationship failed to surface. When the four most valid and factorially meaningful PICTS scales were combined with the four LCSF sub-scales, there was clear and consistent evidence of dimensional structure in the criminal lifestyle.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854807307028
ID  - ref1
ER  -