TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Classification of severe male juvenile offenders using the MACI clinical and personality scales
JO  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
A1  - Taylor, Julie
A1  - Kemper, Therese Skubic
A1  - Loney, Bryan R.
A1  - Kistner, Janet A.
SP  - 90
EP  - 102
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-4416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_8
ID  - ref1
ER  -