RT Article
T1 The Validity of the PICTS-SV and Its Effectiveness with Positive Impression Management: An Investigation in a Court-Mandated Substance Use Treatment Facility
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 47
IS 1
SP 80
OP 98
A1 Williams, Margot M.
A1 Hartigan, Sara E.
A1 Rogers, Richard 1950-
A2 Hartigan, Sara E.
A2 Rogers, Richard 1950-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767155360
AB Forensic practitioners are regularly called on to conduct highly consequential evaluations of risk for recidivism and violence. Accordingly, numerous specialized risk assessment measures have been developed to evaluate an array of relevant variables. As one conceptual approach, the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) assesses criminal thinking as a dynamic criminogenic need with predictive validity beyond historical factors. Because of its high reading level, however, a simplified version (PICTS-SV) was recently developed. The current investigation sought to (a) examine the two versions’ direct concurrence and (b) test the PICTS-SV’s vulnerability to risk minimization (RM). Two separate studies recruited 150 participants from a court-mandated substance use treatment facility. Study 1 established the PICTS-SV’s concurrent validity with the PICTS, especially at the composite level. Study 2 observed its robust resistance to RM distortion, although some validity scale revisions appear warranted. Overall, these results support the PICTS-SV’s utility for informing effective interventions and accurate risk determinations.
K1 Assessment
K1 Criminal thinking
K1 Criminogenic needs
K1 Dynamic risk
K1 Malingering
K1 Risk Factors
DO 10.1177/0093854819879733