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Offense type and two‐point MMPI code profiles: Discriminating between violent and nonviolent offenders
Author(s) -
Fraboni Maryann,
Cooper Douglas,
Reed Trudy L.,
Saltstone Robert
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199011)46:6<774::aid-jclp2270460612>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - psychology , commit , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , homicide , criminology , injury prevention , poison control , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medical emergency , social psychology , personality , medicine , database , computer science
Offense data and MMPI profiles were examined for 67 men who had been remanded by the courts to a psychiatric hospital forensic unit for pretrial assessment. They were classified as violent or nonviolent offenders based upon the nature of their offenses. Violent offenders were those charged with assault, robbery, sexual assault, and all degrees of homicide. Nonviolent offenders were those charged with break, enter and commit, uttering threats, and fraud. The controversial issue of two‐point MMPI code types (4‐3, 4‐8/8‐4) was addressed. Neither of these commonly employed two‐point types successfully discriminated between violent and nonviolent offenders.