MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) Based Criminal Classification System: A Review, Current Status, and Future Directions

• NCJ Number: 110981
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1988) Pages: 39-57
• Author(s): L D Zager
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

The purpose of this article is to review the origin and development of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Based Criminal Classification System and to evaluate critically the most recent literature with regard to the system's reliability (including interrater, test-retest, and replicability), validity, and practical utility (including the characteristics and institutional adjustments of the groups and the prevalence of use of the system).

Abstract

Finally, recommendations for further research are offered. Overall, the system appears to have demonstrated its reliability, validity, and practical utility. (Publisher abstract)