The Applicability of the PICTS-SV in Offenders with Severe Substance Use Histories
Description:
Two important developments are addressed by this dissertation. First, the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles-Simplified Version (PICTS-SV) was examined in relation to the original PICTS. Second, the vulnerability of the PICTS-SV to intentional risk minimization (RM) was tested. Two separate studies recruited a total of 150 offenders from a court-mandated residential substance use treatment facility. As expected, Study I established the PICTS-SV's good concurrent validity with t…
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Date:
August 2020
Creator:
Williams, Margot Maryanne
Partner:
UNT Libraries