Citation

Tennenbaum DJ. J. Crim. Justice 1978; 6(4): 329-345.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(78)90089-2

PMID

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Abstract

Experiments were conducted to test three hypotheses within a maximum security juvenile institution: (1) that the Overcontrolled Hostility (OH) scale, the Socialization (So) scale, and the Hand Test may be used to differentiate dangerous from nondangerous inmates; (2) that an instrument can be constructed that will differentiate dangerous from nondangerous youths; and (3) that there is a negative correlation between staff's perception of a youth's degree of dangerousness and their desire to not work with dangerous youths. The So, OH, and Hand Test were administered as was a twenty-five-word adjective checklist (the