Once again: selecting foils as similar to the suspect, or matching the description of the culprit?
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose To examine Clark, Rush and Moreland's (2013) claim that, contrary to White Paper
produced by the American Psychological Association (Wells et al., 1998), the match-to description method of choosing foils is inferior to the similarity-to suspect method. Design/methodology/approach Examining the existing empirical evidence. Findings There is no difference between the two methods in rate of identifications. Sometimes, however, the rate of false identifications is larger when the similarity to suspect method is used. Practical implications The Whi...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Who do you think you are? An initial investigation of ego identity development and criminogenic thinking among incarcerated offenders
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose Criminogenic thinking refers to patterns of specific cognitive events associated with criminal behavior that facilitate the development and maintenance of patterned criminal behavior. Relatively little is known about the specific processes involved in the development of criminogenic thinking. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine ego identity development and criminal associations as two possible predictors of criminogenic thinking. Design/methodology/approach Participant included 104 adult male state penitentiary inmates. Participants c...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Editorial issue
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Editorial
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , May 2016. < br/ > (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Validation of the Urdu version of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity within a sample of Pakistani incarcerated delinquents
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 89-99, May 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the dimensionality, composite reliability, and incremental validity of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI) in a sample of Pakistani incarcerated delinquents (n=315) following translation of the measure into Urdu. Design/methodology/approach – Four alternative factor models, with uncorrelated measurement error terms, were specified and tested using confirmatory factor analysis and bifactor modelling techniques. Fin...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Emotion regulation during deception: an EEG study of imprisoned fraudsters
This study emphasizes the recruitment of emotion regulation processes durin g deception. The results give first insight into the emotional processes underlying deception in fraudsters. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Psychopathic features in young incarcerated females
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 63-75, May 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between psychopathic features as measured with the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) and behavioural and emotional functioning in young female offenders in custody. Design/methodology/approach – This is a quantitative int erview study investigating the relationship with psychopathic traits, measured with the PCL:YV (Forth et al., 2003), and different psychological characteristics as well as AD/HD, ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
The PCL: YV and re-offending across ethnic groups
This study investigated the cross-cultural validity of the PCL: YV for an ethnically diverse Australian sample of 175 young male offenders in custody. Participants were assessed in custody with the PCL: YV and offending data were collected post-release for up to 18 months. Findings – PCL: YV total and domain scores were comparable across ethnicity; however the instrument demonstrated stronger relations hips with recidivism for Australian participants with an English speaking background compared to Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse participants. Practical implications – The authors advocate th...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Editorial
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , May 2016. < br/ > (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Validation of the Urdu version of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity within a sample of Pakistani incarcerated delinquents
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 89-99, May 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the dimensionality, composite reliability, and incremental validity of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI) in a sample of Pakistani incarcerated delinquents (n=315) following translation of the measure into Urdu. Design/methodology/approach – Four alternative factor models, with uncorrelated measurement error terms, were specified and tested using confirmatory factor analysis and bifactor modelling techniques. ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Emotion regulation during deception: an EEG study of imprisoned fraudsters
This study emphasizes the recruitment of emotion regulation processes durin g deception. The results give first insight into the emotional processes underlying deception in fraudsters. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Psychopathic features in young incarcerated females
Journal of Criminal Psychology, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcp/6/2" > Volume 6, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 63-75, May 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between psychopathic features as measured with the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) and behavioural and emotional functioning in young female offenders in custody. Design/methodology/approach – This is a quantitative int erview study investigating the relationship with psychopathic traits, measured with the PCL:YV (Forth et al., 2003), and different psychological characteristics as well as AD/...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
The PCL: YV and re-offending across ethnic groups
This study investigated the cross-cultural validity of the PCL: YV for an ethnically diverse Australian sample of 175 young male offenders in custody. Participants were assessed in custody with the PCL: YV and offending data were collected post-release for up to 18 months. Findings – PCL: YV total and domain scores were comparable across ethnicity; however the instrument demonstrated stronger relations hips with recidivism for Australian participants with an English speaking background compared to Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse participants. Practical implications – The authors advocate th...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - May 4, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
