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Classifying criminal offenders : a new system based on the MMPI

Title
Classifying criminal offenders : a new system based on the MMPI / Edwin I. Megargee and Martin J. Bohn, Jr. ; with James E. Meyer, Jr. and Frances Sink ; foreword by Norman A. Carlson.
Author
Megargee, Edwin Inglee.
Publication
Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, ©1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Bohn, Martin J., 1938-
  • Carlson, Norman A., 1933-
Description
288 pages : graphs; 22 cm
Series Statement
Sage library of social research ; v. 82
Uniform Title
Sage library of social research ; v. 82.
Subject
  • MMPI
  • Criminals > Classification
  • Criminal psychology
  • Criminology
  • Criminal law
  • Classification
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Law
  • Classification
  • Criminal Psychology
  • criminology
  • criminal law
  • classification (information handling function)
  • Criminal law
  • Criminal psychology
  • Criminals
  • Klassifikation
  • Kriminalpsychologie
  • Krimineller
  • Kriminalität
  • Typologie
  • Täter
  • USA
Genre/Form
Classification
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 267-274.
Contents
Classifying criminals: the need for a new system -- Usefulness of existing typologies: a review of the literature -- Rationale and research plan -- Deriving an MMPI-based typology -- Classifying offenders reliably: revising and refining the rules -- Assigning offenders to types: rules and guidelines for profile classification -- Differences among the types: an empirical investigation -- The 10 groups: descriptions and treatment recommendations -- Applications and generality -- Present status and further research.
ISBN
  • 080391167X
  • 9780803911673
  • 0803911688
  • 9780803911680
LCCN
79011677
OCLC
  • ocm04832505
  • 4832505
  • SCSB-6173
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library