TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting offenders' criminogenic cognitions with status variables
AU - Mandracchia, Jon T.
AU - Morgan, Robert D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research contained in this document was coordinated in part by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Research Agreement No. 535-AR07). The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Certain thinking styles promote criminal behavior, and these criminogenic cognitions are not engaged in equally by all offenders. It is imperative to know which offenders are engaging in more criminogenic thinking so their problematic thinking can be targeted and altered during correctional treatment programming. In doing so, correctional mental health professionals may help reduce recidivism. In the current investigation, the researchers sought to identify offenders most likely to engage in criminogenic cognitions on the basis of status variables (i.e., demographic, incarceration, and mental health variables) using data from 595 adult male incarcerated offenders. Findings indicate that younger offenders, less educated offenders, Black and Hispanic offenders, single (i.e., not in a relationship) offenders, offenders without a violent index offense, offenders with a psychological disorder, and offenders not participating in mental health services all endorsed higher levels of some types of criminogenic cognitions. These findings have important implications for correctional mental health care practice toward criminal recidivism reduction.
AB - Certain thinking styles promote criminal behavior, and these criminogenic cognitions are not engaged in equally by all offenders. It is imperative to know which offenders are engaging in more criminogenic thinking so their problematic thinking can be targeted and altered during correctional treatment programming. In doing so, correctional mental health professionals may help reduce recidivism. In the current investigation, the researchers sought to identify offenders most likely to engage in criminogenic cognitions on the basis of status variables (i.e., demographic, incarceration, and mental health variables) using data from 595 adult male incarcerated offenders. Findings indicate that younger offenders, less educated offenders, Black and Hispanic offenders, single (i.e., not in a relationship) offenders, offenders without a violent index offense, offenders with a psychological disorder, and offenders not participating in mental health services all endorsed higher levels of some types of criminogenic cognitions. These findings have important implications for correctional mental health care practice toward criminal recidivism reduction.
KW - crime
KW - criminogenic thinking
KW - offender treatment
KW - recidivism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84555188637&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093854811425453
DO - 10.1177/0093854811425453
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84555188637
VL - 39
SP - 5
EP - 25
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
SN - 0093-8548
IS - 1
ER -