Cross-Cultural Reliability And Generality Of The Megargee Offender Classification System  

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Rossi, Gina ; Sloore, Hedwig

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 35 no. 6 (Jun. 2009), page 725-740.
Topik: offenders; classification; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2; Megargee system; cross-cultural; reliability; generality; cluster analysis
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The cross-cultural reliability and generality of the offender classification system developed by E. I. Megargee et al. was examined. A hierarchical cluster analytic approach was used to identify Megargee’s Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 based types in a sample of Belgian male federal prisoners (N = 1,636). Six types (i.e., Able, Charlie, Delta, Easy, How, and Item) were clearly replicated, albeit with variable reliability in terms of goodness-of-fit. Types Baker, Foxtrot, George, and Jupiter were not supported. Instead, another meaningful MMPI-2 type was identified, labelled 4-6, because Scales 4 and 6 were the two highest scales with a T score of 65 or higher. Cross-national cluster analytic research is necessary to further examine the cross-cultural reliability and generality of the types identified in the current study

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