Predictors of Criminal Sentiments Scale-Modified Scores in Outpatients with Legal System Involvement.
criminal justice
criminal legal system
criminal sentiments
law enforcement
police
serious mental illnesses
Journal
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
ISSN: 1943-3662
Titre abrégé: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9708963
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 Jun 2024
04 Jun 2024
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Résumé
The Criminal Sentiments Scale-Modified (CSS-M) has been widely used as a measure of criminal attitudes. This analysis examined CSS-M scores in a large sample of outpatients with serious mental illnesses and a criminal legal system history. We compared total and subscale scores in our sample to scores from two other previously published U.S. studies in which the CSS-M was used, and evaluated associations between total CSS-M score and nine variables (age, educational attainment, gender, race, marital status, employment status, diagnostic category, substance use disorder comorbidity, and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) score). Scores were higher than in two prior U.S. studies involving other types of samples. Independently significant predictors of higher CSS-M scores included being younger (
Identifiants
pubmed: 38834367
pii: JAAPL.230120-23
doi: 10.29158/JAAPL.230120-23
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
176-185Informations de copyright
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