TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Measuring attitudes toward prisoners: a psychometric assessment
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Ortet-Fabregat, Generós
A1  - Perez, Jorge
A1  - Lewis, Ruth
SP  - 190
EP  - 198
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - This study empirically examined attitudes toward prisoners in Spain using Melvin et al.'s (1985) Attitude Toward Prisoners Scale (ATPS). In order to examine the replicability of the results obtained by Melvin et al. with United States prisoners, the ATPS was administered to four groups of criminal justice professionals in Spain. The results revealed a factorial structure consistent with the one described in the original study. High test-retest and internal consistency reliability coefficients were found. Evidence of validity was also shown by using construct-related and criterion-related validation procedures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854893020002006
ID  - ref1
ER  -