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Purpose: Previous research conceptualized murderers as highly callous and self-gratifying individ... more Purpose: Previous research conceptualized murderers as highly callous and self-gratifying individuals, offending as a result of psychopathic tendencies. The current exploration sought to verify whether murderers differ on psy-chopathy and criminal social identity from recidivistic and first time incarcerated offenders.
Methods: The study compared an opportunistic sample of murderers (n = 94), recidivists (n = 266), and first time offenders (n = 118) on criminal social identity (3 factors: cognitive centrality, in-group affect, and in-group ties) and psychopathy (4 factors: callous affect, interpersonal manipulation, erratic lifestyle, antisocial behavior).
Results: Recidivists scored significantly higher on cognitive centrality and in-group ties than murderers. Recidi-vists scored significantly higher than first time incarcerated offenders or murderers on the erratic lifestyle and interpersonal manipulation factors of psychopathy. Additionally, recidivists scored significantly higher on antisocial behavior compared to first time offenders. All three groups of prisoners did not differ in terms of callous affect.
Conclusion: Contrary to previous research and media portrayals of homicide perpetration being rooted in psycho-pathic tendencies such as callous affect, the present findings found no support for such a conceptualization of the crime. Moreover, unsurprisingly, it appears murderers have less developed criminal cognitions than other offending groups.
Although psychopathy construct (Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–Short Form [SRP–SF]) was assessed a... more Although psychopathy construct (Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–Short Form [SRP–SF]) was assessed among various samples, prior research did not investigate whether the model proposed by Hare and colleagues can be used to capture psychopathy scores derived from forensic and nonfor- ensic populations. The main objective of the current study was to test dimensionality, construct validity, and factorial invariance of the SRP–SF within prison (n = 730) and student (n = 2,506) samples. Our results indicate that the SRP–SF measure cannot be used in the same way within forensic and nonforensic samples, which may be due to the inclusion of criminal/ antisocial traits as an integral part of psychopathy.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend index (a retrospective measure intended to quantify criminal associations before 1st incarceration), and 4 psychopathy factors (interpersonal manipulation, callous affect, erratic lifestyle, and antisocial behavior) in criminal social identity (CSI) while controlling for age and gender. Participants were a sample of 501 incarcerated offenders (male n = 293; female n = 208) from 3 prisons located in Pennsylvania State. Moderated regression analyses indicated no significant direct association between period of incarceration and CSI or between criminal friend index and Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI). However, a significant moderating effect of interpersonal manipulation on the relationship between period of incarceration and MCSI was observed. Period of incarceration was significantly positively correlated with MCSI (particularly with the in-group ties subscale) for only those ...
The main aim of the current study was to develop and validate the Self-Esteem Measure for Prisone... more The main aim of the current study was to develop and validate the Self-Esteem
Measure for Prisoners (SEM-P), composed of personal and prison self-esteem,
among a systematically selected sample of prisoners (N = 1,794). Confirmatory
factor analyses revealed that the SEM-P was best captured with the bifactor
conceptualization reflecting two grouping factors (personal and prison selfesteem)
and one general factor. Although factor loadings were stronger for the
general factor, the two grouping factors evidenced good differential predictive
validity. The SEM-P is a reliable and valid measure of self-esteem among
inmates because it considers the importance of prison culture for self evaluations.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 2016
The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multip... more The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multiple psychological theories which attempts to briefly elucidate the contributing personality and psychosocial developmental factors that likely contributed to the development of severe psychopathology. It is argued that it is highly probable Adolf Hitler suffered from a multitude of severe psychological disorders including paranoid schizophrenia and narcissistic personality disorder. It is hoped that presenting such a profile of Adolf Hitler's personality and psychopathology will be helpful in understanding what motivated his horrific acts.
The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multip... more The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multiple psychological theories which attempts to briefly elucidate the contributing personality and psychosocial developmental factors that likely contributed to the development of severe psychopathology. It is argued that it is highly probable Adolf Hitler suffered from a multitude of severe psychological disorders including paranoid schizophrenia and narcissistic personality disorder. It is hoped that presenting such a profile of Adolf Hitler's personality and psychopathology will be helpful in understanding what motivated his horrific acts.
Europe S Journal of Psychology, Feb 1, 2012
Previous studies suggested a significant interaction between criminal attitudes, associations wit... more Previous studies suggested a significant interaction between criminal attitudes, associations with criminal friends, and criminal behaviour. The purpose of the current investigation was to provide the possible mediating role of associations with criminal friends between criminal attitudes, and criminal behaviour. Based on a sample of 133 violent offenders, the proposed mediation model tested was found to be a good fit of the observed data, with each of the respective fit indices exceeding the criteria for a good fitting model. Thus results suggest that the presence and influence of criminal friends has a significant mediating effect on the interaction between criminal attitudes and recidivistic behaviour. Further implications in relation to research and theory are discussed. is a researcher in criminal psychology with a special interest in application of advanced statistical analysis and methodology to the field of criminal/social psychology. He is also the Editor-in-Chief and the Founder of the Journal of Criminal Psychology.
International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, 2011
Individuals become criminals because of the presence of a persistent criminal identity which has ... more Individuals become criminals because of the presence of a persistent criminal identity which has its origin in processes of negative social comparisons carried out by individuals who have failed in their pro-social roles and have exhibited non-conforming behaviour, aggravated and compounded by contextual factors such as a dysfunctional family environment and/or the presence of criminal peers. Development of a criminal identity might be influenced by representations of known criminals which are stored in memory system, and are made accessible due to relevant situational cues. This is consistent with the concept of multiple social identities which postulates that as a person's social context changes, corresponding social identity changes are likely to occur as a result of the activation of situation-specific schemas.
The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; ) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensiona... more The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; ) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensional measure of self-esteem but empirical evidence is equivocal, with some studies supporting a one-factor solution and others favouring multidimensional models. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure, factorial invariance and composite reliability of the RSES within a European sample of children affected by parental imprisonment (N = 724). The study specified and tested six alternative factor models using conventional confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) techniques and a confirmatory bifactor modelling approach. The RSES was most effectively represented by a bifactor model including a general self-esteem factor comprising of all ten scale items and separate method effects for the positively and negatively phrased items. This model was found to be factorially invariant among boys and girls. Composite reliability indicated good internal consistency for the general self-esteem dimension but slightly less so for the positive and negative methods effects. Results are discussed in terms resolving the debate surrounding the appropriate factor structure and scoring of the RSES.
Mental Health Review Journal, Jun 22, 2012
Purpose -The field of cognitive-behavioural therapy contains many different theoretical models of... more Purpose -The field of cognitive-behavioural therapy contains many different theoretical models of psychopathology, with each discipline ascribing greater emphasis to a particular cognitive process or organisation of beliefs. This paper seeks to propose a method of integrating the two most widely practiced and researched schools of CBT; Beck's cognitive therapy (CT) and Ellis's rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT).
Purpose: Previous research conceptualized murderers as highly callous and self-gratifying individ... more Purpose: Previous research conceptualized murderers as highly callous and self-gratifying individuals, offending as a result of psychopathic tendencies. The current exploration sought to verify whether murderers differ on psy-chopathy and criminal social identity from recidivistic and first time incarcerated offenders.
Methods: The study compared an opportunistic sample of murderers (n = 94), recidivists (n = 266), and first time offenders (n = 118) on criminal social identity (3 factors: cognitive centrality, in-group affect, and in-group ties) and psychopathy (4 factors: callous affect, interpersonal manipulation, erratic lifestyle, antisocial behavior).
Results: Recidivists scored significantly higher on cognitive centrality and in-group ties than murderers. Recidi-vists scored significantly higher than first time incarcerated offenders or murderers on the erratic lifestyle and interpersonal manipulation factors of psychopathy. Additionally, recidivists scored significantly higher on antisocial behavior compared to first time offenders. All three groups of prisoners did not differ in terms of callous affect.
Conclusion: Contrary to previous research and media portrayals of homicide perpetration being rooted in psycho-pathic tendencies such as callous affect, the present findings found no support for such a conceptualization of the crime. Moreover, unsurprisingly, it appears murderers have less developed criminal cognitions than other offending groups.
Although psychopathy construct (Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–Short Form [SRP–SF]) was assessed a... more Although psychopathy construct (Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–Short Form [SRP–SF]) was assessed among various samples, prior research did not investigate whether the model proposed by Hare and colleagues can be used to capture psychopathy scores derived from forensic and nonfor- ensic populations. The main objective of the current study was to test dimensionality, construct validity, and factorial invariance of the SRP–SF within prison (n = 730) and student (n = 2,506) samples. Our results indicate that the SRP–SF measure cannot be used in the same way within forensic and nonforensic samples, which may be due to the inclusion of criminal/ antisocial traits as an integral part of psychopathy.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of period of incarceration, criminal friend index (a retrospective measure intended to quantify criminal associations before 1st incarceration), and 4 psychopathy factors (interpersonal manipulation, callous affect, erratic lifestyle, and antisocial behavior) in criminal social identity (CSI) while controlling for age and gender. Participants were a sample of 501 incarcerated offenders (male n = 293; female n = 208) from 3 prisons located in Pennsylvania State. Moderated regression analyses indicated no significant direct association between period of incarceration and CSI or between criminal friend index and Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI). However, a significant moderating effect of interpersonal manipulation on the relationship between period of incarceration and MCSI was observed. Period of incarceration was significantly positively correlated with MCSI (particularly with the in-group ties subscale) for only those ...
The main aim of the current study was to develop and validate the Self-Esteem Measure for Prisone... more The main aim of the current study was to develop and validate the Self-Esteem
Measure for Prisoners (SEM-P), composed of personal and prison self-esteem,
among a systematically selected sample of prisoners (N = 1,794). Confirmatory
factor analyses revealed that the SEM-P was best captured with the bifactor
conceptualization reflecting two grouping factors (personal and prison selfesteem)
and one general factor. Although factor loadings were stronger for the
general factor, the two grouping factors evidenced good differential predictive
validity. The SEM-P is a reliable and valid measure of self-esteem among
inmates because it considers the importance of prison culture for self evaluations.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 2016
The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multip... more The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multiple psychological theories which attempts to briefly elucidate the contributing personality and psychosocial developmental factors that likely contributed to the development of severe psychopathology. It is argued that it is highly probable Adolf Hitler suffered from a multitude of severe psychological disorders including paranoid schizophrenia and narcissistic personality disorder. It is hoped that presenting such a profile of Adolf Hitler's personality and psychopathology will be helpful in understanding what motivated his horrific acts.
The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multip... more The present paper presents a psycho--historical analysis of Adolf Hitler with reference to multiple psychological theories which attempts to briefly elucidate the contributing personality and psychosocial developmental factors that likely contributed to the development of severe psychopathology. It is argued that it is highly probable Adolf Hitler suffered from a multitude of severe psychological disorders including paranoid schizophrenia and narcissistic personality disorder. It is hoped that presenting such a profile of Adolf Hitler's personality and psychopathology will be helpful in understanding what motivated his horrific acts.
Europe S Journal of Psychology, Feb 1, 2012
Previous studies suggested a significant interaction between criminal attitudes, associations wit... more Previous studies suggested a significant interaction between criminal attitudes, associations with criminal friends, and criminal behaviour. The purpose of the current investigation was to provide the possible mediating role of associations with criminal friends between criminal attitudes, and criminal behaviour. Based on a sample of 133 violent offenders, the proposed mediation model tested was found to be a good fit of the observed data, with each of the respective fit indices exceeding the criteria for a good fitting model. Thus results suggest that the presence and influence of criminal friends has a significant mediating effect on the interaction between criminal attitudes and recidivistic behaviour. Further implications in relation to research and theory are discussed. is a researcher in criminal psychology with a special interest in application of advanced statistical analysis and methodology to the field of criminal/social psychology. He is also the Editor-in-Chief and the Founder of the Journal of Criminal Psychology.
International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, 2011
Individuals become criminals because of the presence of a persistent criminal identity which has ... more Individuals become criminals because of the presence of a persistent criminal identity which has its origin in processes of negative social comparisons carried out by individuals who have failed in their pro-social roles and have exhibited non-conforming behaviour, aggravated and compounded by contextual factors such as a dysfunctional family environment and/or the presence of criminal peers. Development of a criminal identity might be influenced by representations of known criminals which are stored in memory system, and are made accessible due to relevant situational cues. This is consistent with the concept of multiple social identities which postulates that as a person's social context changes, corresponding social identity changes are likely to occur as a result of the activation of situation-specific schemas.
The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; ) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensiona... more The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES; ) has traditionally been conceptualised as a unidimensional measure of self-esteem but empirical evidence is equivocal, with some studies supporting a one-factor solution and others favouring multidimensional models. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure, factorial invariance and composite reliability of the RSES within a European sample of children affected by parental imprisonment (N = 724). The study specified and tested six alternative factor models using conventional confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) techniques and a confirmatory bifactor modelling approach. The RSES was most effectively represented by a bifactor model including a general self-esteem factor comprising of all ten scale items and separate method effects for the positively and negatively phrased items. This model was found to be factorially invariant among boys and girls. Composite reliability indicated good internal consistency for the general self-esteem dimension but slightly less so for the positive and negative methods effects. Results are discussed in terms resolving the debate surrounding the appropriate factor structure and scoring of the RSES.
Mental Health Review Journal, Jun 22, 2012
Purpose -The field of cognitive-behavioural therapy contains many different theoretical models of... more Purpose -The field of cognitive-behavioural therapy contains many different theoretical models of psychopathology, with each discipline ascribing greater emphasis to a particular cognitive process or organisation of beliefs. This paper seeks to propose a method of integrating the two most widely practiced and researched schools of CBT; Beck's cognitive therapy (CT) and Ellis's rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT).