@article{ref1,
title="Classification of severe male juvenile offenders using the MACI clinical and personality scales",
journal="Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology",
year="2006",
author="Taylor, Julie and Kemper, Therese Skubic and Loney, Bryan R. and Kistner, Janet A.",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="90-102",
abstract="Classifications for severe juvenile offenders and ones that include mental health needs are lacking. Thus, in this study, adolescent male offenders (N = 652) committed to a residential facility were clustered on personality and clinical scales of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (Millon, 1993) into 5 groups (including 4 found in other typologies). As expected, the impulsive/reactive and psychopathy groups had more severe criminal histories and the impulsive/reactive and anxious/inhibited groups had increased suicidal behaviors and poor psychosocial functioning. The impulsive/reactive group showed expected verbal deficits. The unremarkable group lacked discernable personality/clinical problems and was unremarkable on dependent variables. A conforming group emerged that may be unique to severe juvenile offender populations. Future studies should examine institutional adjustment and outcomes among the identified groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-4416",
doi="10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_8"
}