PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Effect Size, Microsoft Powerpoint

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Kevin Nunes

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Why do some people engage in criminal behaviour: irrational thinking, environment, poverty, personal enjoyment, attitudes, associates, criminal attitudes and personality, pro-social people. What predicts criminal behaviour: criminal attitudes. Mills, j. f. , kroner, d. g. , & hemmati, t. (2004). The measures of criminal attitudes and associates (mcaa): the prediction of general and violent recidivism. Purpose (cid:498)examine the validity of the mcaa in the prediction of general and violent recidivism(cid:499) (cid:523)p. 7(cid:884)(cid:884)(cid:524) (cid:498)(cid:883)(cid:886)(cid:886) volunteers drawn from a population of incarcerated adult males sentenced to (cid:884) years or more(cid:499) (cid:523)p. 7(cid:884)(cid:884)(cid:524) 79. 9% white, 11. 8% black, 6. 9% asian, and 1. 4% other. Mean number of convictions = 20. 4 (sd = 16. 5) Mean number of incarcerations = 7. 2 (sd = 6. 4) Measures of criminal attitudes and associates (mcaa; mills & kroner, 1999) Part a: criminal associates: number of criminal friends. Part b: criminal attitudes: violence, entitlement, antisocial intent, associates (beliefs, views, thoughts about criminal peers and friends)