The MMPI and Criminal Recidivism

Bleick Rehabilitation: Reduced Criminal Recidivism Paper 286 Influence of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Criminal Recidivism

Parole outcomes for California Department of Corrections parolees who had voluntarily learned the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique while incarcerated at Folsom Prison, Deuel Vocational Institution, and San Quentin Prison in California were compared to parole outcomes for nonmeditating parolees matched for offense, prior commitment record, age, ethnic group, institution, and parole year....

Recidivism among treated criminal psychiatric patients.

Until recently there was a poverty of treatment effort devoted to criminal offenders who were housed in the public mental hospitals of this country. In a nationwide survey of such programs published in 1969, the most frequently mentioned treatment modalities used for" most or all" patients were recreation therapy, drugs and religious guidance. I Recently, more money and concern have been devote...

Predicting criminal recidivism of insanity acquittees.

25 Highlights of Using the MMPI/MMPI-2 with Criminal Offenders

Extensive research has been conducted on the use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 scales in forensic settings to assess criminals in pre-trial and in-prison evaluations (see Reference File for more complete listing). The following highlights describe special contributions that were made to assure that the scales on the test were appropriate, reliable, and valid in predicting behavior of criminal populati...

Criminal Attitudes of Ex-prisoners: the Role of Personality, Criminal Friends and Recidivism

Background: Previous research suggests that those who enter prison with a low level of criminal attitudes, tend to acquire more deviant attitudes during their sentence due to persistent contact with criminal others, and moreover, presence of criminal personality may be sufficient to develop criminal attitudes. Aim: To determine which of the independent variables: age, education level, marital s...