TY - JOUR
T1 - Forensic and correctional applications of the personality assessment inventory
AU - Edens, John F.
AU - Cruise, Keith R.
AU - Buffington-Vollum, Jacqueline K.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The relative utility of psychological tests for addressing legal issues is an area of considerable debate in the field. Regardless of the merits of psychological testing, it is apparent that such instruments are used widely both to address specific psycholegal issues and to evaluate offender populations more generally. One instrument gaining prominence in terms of its use in both forensic and correctional settings is the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991), which was developed to assess various constructs relevant to clinical settings (e.g. psychopathology, response distortion, and personality traits). This paper reviews the psychometric properties of the PAI specifically in reference to its ability to assess factors relevant to forensic decision-making, as well as its utility to provide clinically relevant information about offender populations more generally.
AB - The relative utility of psychological tests for addressing legal issues is an area of considerable debate in the field. Regardless of the merits of psychological testing, it is apparent that such instruments are used widely both to address specific psycholegal issues and to evaluate offender populations more generally. One instrument gaining prominence in terms of its use in both forensic and correctional settings is the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991), which was developed to assess various constructs relevant to clinical settings (e.g. psychopathology, response distortion, and personality traits). This paper reviews the psychometric properties of the PAI specifically in reference to its ability to assess factors relevant to forensic decision-making, as well as its utility to provide clinically relevant information about offender populations more generally.
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U2 - 10.1002/bsl.457
DO - 10.1002/bsl.457
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11568959
AN - SCOPUS:0034806308
SN - 0735-3936
VL - 19
SP - 519
EP - 543
JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
IS - 4
ER -