TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - The relationship between interpersonal distance and violence in imprisoned offenders
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Walkey, Frank H.
A1  - Gilmour, D. Ross
SP  - 331
EP  - 340
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - A 12-month follow-up of 73 prison inmates who had completed a video measure of preferred Interpersonal Distance (IPD) showed that those who had been involved in fights during the follow-up period had significantly higher IPD scores. Further classification into subgroups identified a very high IPD group who had a previous record of violence and who were the aggressors in fights in prison, and a very low IPD group who had no record of violence and were not involved in fights except as victims. A discriminant function analysis indicated that IPD score was the variable which best predicted fighting in prison. This analysis derived a function from which it was possible to predict fighting behavior with a 71% rate of success.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854884011003005
ID  - ref1
ER  -