Correlates of the Megargee Criminal Classification System

1 March 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior

Vol. 13 (1) , 19-32
https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854886013001002

Abstract

MMPIs were gathered from the clinical files of 404 inmates confined within a maximum security military prison and then organized according to Megargee's criminal classification system into one of ten profile patterns or an unclassified group. In order to make cross-validation of initial results possible, the overall sample was subdivided into two equal halves (N = 202 subjects each). The demographic, background, self-report, and behavioral correlates of these ten types were then derived and cross-validated. Results generally supported the validity of the Megargee system for use with military prisoners, although only the two most highly elevated patterns (i.e., Charlie and How) evidenced consistently replicable findings.

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A New Classification System for Criminal Offenders, VI
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1984