NCJ Number
91740
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1983) Pages: 285-292
Date Published
1983
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Following a suggestion by Warren (1971) two inmate classification systems were cross-tabulated to examine the concordance between them.
Abstract
Jesness Sequential I-level ratings and MMPI types were obtained on a sample of inmates admitted to a Federal Corrections Institution. I-level subtypes and MMPI types were collapsed into subsets and cross-tabulated. Although there was a significant chi-square, the only groups that appear to be concordant between the systems are those that each system labels as most pathological. Regression analysis provided support for this finding, as only a small proportion of the variance in I-level is accounted for by MMPI. It appears that MMPI and I-level, while both capable of classifying inmates, perform their classifications on different dimensions. (Publisher abstract)