An assessment of criminal thinking among incarcerated youths in three states
An assessment of criminal thinking among incarcerated youths in three states
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DOI：
10.1177/0093854807304348
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Jainchill, Nancy
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作者：
Dembo, Richard;Turner, Charles W.;Jainchill, Nancy
德克萨斯基督教大学的犯罪思维量表（CTS）已经被证明可以预测被收容的成年罪犯的结果。本文调查了被监禁的男性青少年（n = 15）和女性青少年（n = 52）的反应，并将其与被监禁的成年罪犯的标准进行了比较。结果表明，青少年在权利、正当性、个人不负责任、定向能力四个维度上得分较高，而在犯罪合理化维度上得分较低。调查对象的得分没有因性别或种族而异。结果显示，青少年的得分与犯罪史、物质使用史、家庭功能障碍、《精神障碍诊断与统计手册-第四版》中行为障碍和反抗性障碍的诊断结果相关。因此，CTS可以提供有用的诊断信息，帮助识别有一系列问题行为的青少年，这些问题行为可以预测监禁后的不良后果。它还可能有助于解释在重返社区期间接受治疗的被监禁青少年对治疗反应的个体差异。
The Texas Christian University Criminal Thinking Scales (CTS) instrument has been shown to predict outcomes for institutionalized adult offenders. This article examines responses among male (n = 15 1) and female (n = 52) incarcerated adolescents, and they were compared to norms for incarcerated adult offenders. The results indicated that the adolescent sample had higher scores on four scales (Entitlement, Justification, Personal Irresponsibility, Power of Orientation) but not on Criminal Rationalization. Scores did not differ by gender or ethnicity of respondents. The results provide convergent validity indicating that the scores for adolescents were correlated with prior history of criminal behavior, substance use, family dysfunction, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition diagnoses of conduct disorder and oppositional of defiant disorder. Thus, the CTS may provide useful diagnostic information to help identify youth with a constellation of problem behaviors that predict poor outcomes following incarceration. It also may prove helpful in accounting for individual variations in response to treatment for incarcerated adolescents who receive treatment during reentry back into the community.