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Mandracchia, Jon T.; Morgan, Robert D. – Assessment, 2011
The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive…
Descriptors: Criminals, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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Damphousse, Kelly R.; Crouch, Ben M. – Youth and Society, 1992
Studies common explanations for juvenile involvement in Satanism (participants manifest unique attributes that promote involvement or participants become involved through processes common to other deviance types). Data from interviews with 530 Texas youths incarcerated over 6 months for delinquency suggest that Satanism may emerge from unique and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Crime, Delinquency