Inmate Classification Systems
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Vol. 10 (3) , 285-292
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854883010003005
Abstract
Following a suggestion by Warren (1971) two inmate classification systems were cross-tabulated to examine the concordance between them. Jesness Sequential I-level ratings and MMPI types were obtained on a sample of inmates admitted to a Federal Corrections Institution. I-level subtypes and MMPI types were collapsed into subsets and cross-tabulated. Although there was a significant chi-square, the only groups that appear to be concordant between the systems are those that each system labels as most pathological. Regression analysis provided support for this finding, as only a small proportion of the variance in I-level is accounted for by MMPI. It appears that MMPI and I-level, while both capable of classifying inmates, perform their classifications on different dimensions.Keywords
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