Citation

Glaser BA, Calhoun GB, Petrocelli JV. Crim. Justice Behav. 2002; 29(2): 183-201.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854802029002004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The current investigation was designed to identify the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) scales that discriminate between three general types of criminal offenses among male juvenile offenders and the degree to which selected scales discriminate. Seventy-two male juvenile offenders were classified according to type of offense: crime against person, crime against property, or drug/alcohol offense. Selected scales were examined as discriminant predictors of offense pattern in a descriptive discriminant analysis as well as a classification analysis. Two significant linear discriminant functions emerged. Classification analysis also demonstrated the utility of the MMPI-A in differentiating between type of juvenile offense by correctly classifying 79.2% of the cases. Implications for the use of the MMPI-A with male juvenile offenders are discussed.

Keywords: Juvenile justice

Language: en