Personality deviancy and prison incarceration
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 279-283
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(197604)32:2<279::aid-jclp2270320216>3.0.co;2-4
Abstract
Personality differences among prison inmates that could be attributed to the number of felony offenses and the length of incarceration were studied. MMPI [Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory] profiles of of 93 inmates of a medium security prison were obtained and analyzed. Special attention was directed to the 5 MMPI variables K [Defensiveness], D [Depression], Pd [Psychopathic deviate], Sc [Schizophrenia] and Ma [Mania]. These 5 variables taken collectively successfully differentiated 1st offenders from repeaters and short-term from long-term inmates. Increased incarceration probably had a harmful effect upon personality.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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