TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Personality characteristics of male juvenile offenders by adjudicated offenses as indicated by the MMPI-A
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Glaser, Brian A.
A1  - Calhoun, Georgia B.
A1  - Petrocelli, John V.
SP  - 183
EP  - 201
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854802029002004
ID  - ref1
ER  -