Predicting Prison Misconduct With the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles

A Meta-Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21373231
AutoresGlenn D Walters (0000-0002-7219-1542, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen103
Número4
Páginas470-488
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Prison Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-8855 • E-ISSN: 1552-7522
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00328855231188431
OpenAlexW4385234169
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas46

A meta-analysis of six prison samples using the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) general criminal thinking, proactive criminal thinking, and reactive criminal thinking scales to predict disciplinary infractions was performed. Results showed evidence of significant associations between all three PICTS scales and prison misconduct, whereas the magnitude of effect ranged from small (all infractions) to very small (interpersonal aggression infractions). Although there were no signs of heterogeneity in the results, sex, race, and length of follow up served as moderators. The apparent contradiction of moderator effects in a meta-analysis with no evidence of heterogeneity is discussed

Aggression · Criminal justice · Criminology · Interpersonal communication · Meta-analysis · Misconduct · Moderation · Political science · Prison · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology