Assessment of psycho-social factors predicting recidivistic violent offenses within a sample of male prisoners

Boduszek, Daniel; Bourke, Ashling; Shevlin, Mark; Adamson, Gary

doi:10.1080/03033910.2012.754324

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“…It has been suggested that criminal social identity may vary across groups of offenders (Walters, 2003). For instance, Boduszek, Hyland, Bourke, Shevlin, and Adamson (2013b) studied the role of criminal social identity in predicting violent offending within a sample of male recidivistic offenders from a maximum-security prison. Violent offenders, in comparison with non-violent offenders, were significantly more likely to score high on cognitive centrality and low on in-group affect.…”

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Comparison of murderers with recidivists and first time incarcerated offenders from U.S. prisons on psychopathy and identity as a criminal: An exploratory analysis

Sherretts

Boduszek

Debowska

et al. 2017

Journal of Criminal Justice

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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 psychopathy 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. Recidivists score 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 psychopathic 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.

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Comparison of murderers with recidivists and first time incarcerated offenders from U.S. prisons on psychopathy and identity as a criminal: An exploratory analysis

Sherretts

Boduszek

Debowska

et al. 2017

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Research indicates that the development and activation of a CSI increases an individual's likelihood of engagement in criminal behaviour (Boduszek & Hyland, 2011). Thus, CSI is generally considered to be a risk factor (Boduszek, Adamson, Shevlin, & Hyland, 2012;Boduszek, Adamson, Shevlin, Hyland, & Bourke, 2013;Boduszek, Hyland, Bourke, Shevlin, & Adamson, 2013). However, it is possible that CSI might also have a positive impact upon individuals.…”

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Criminal social identity and suicide ideation among Pakistani young prisoners

Shagufta

Boduszek

Dhingra

et al. 2015

International Journal of Prisoner Health

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2 AbstractPurpose: Suicidal behaviour is a common in prisoners, yet little is known about the factors that may protect against thoughts of ending one's life. The main aim of the present study was to specify and test a structural model to examine the relationship between three criminal social identity dimensions (in-group affect, in-group ties, and Cognitive Centrality) and suicide ideation while controlling for period of confinement, age, and offense type (violent vs. non-violent).Design/methodology/approach: Participants were 415 male juvenile offenders incarcerated in prisons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan. A structural model was specified and tested using Mplus to examine the relationships between the three factors of criminal social identity and suicidal thoughts, while controlling for age, offender type, period of confinement, and substance dependence. Findings:The model provided an adequate fit for the data explaining 22% of variance in suicidal thoughts. In-group affect (the level of personal bonding with other criminals) exerted a strong protective effect against suicide ideation. Originality/value:The research contributes important information on suicide ideation in Pakistan, an Islamic country in which suicide is considered a sin and subsequently a criminal offence. Results indicate that Juvenile offenders' sense of shared identity may help to prevent the development of thoughts of death by suicide. Consequently, separating and isolating young prisoners may be ill advised.

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“…Existing research indicates that criminal social identity (CSI) correlates with various psychosocial and mental health factors, such as self-esteem, suicidal ideation, and violent offending (e.g., Boduszek et al 2013c;Boduszek and Debowska, 2017;Shagufta et al 2015).…”

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“…CSI appears to be a crucial concept within the criminal justice system and hence further research into developing a reliable and valid measure of CSI was warranted (e.g., Boduszek et al 2013c;Shagufta et al 2015;. Boduszek and Debowska (2017), using a systematically selected sample of 2,192 male adult prisoners, developed a revised version of the MCSI, the MCSI-R, whereby the content was extended in order to better reflect the three CSI factors (cognitive centrality, in-group affect, and in-group ties).…”

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Validation of the Measure of Delinquent Social Identity Among Youth Offenders in the UK

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The current study aimed to develop and validate the Measure of Delinquent Social Identity (MDSI). Dimensionality and construct validity of the MDSI was investigated in a sample of youth offenders (N = 536). Four alternative models of the MDSI were estimated using Mplus. The model identified as being the best fit for the data was a bifactor model with three dimensions (cognitive centrality, in-group affect, in-group ties), while controlling for the general factor. The three subscales differentially correlated with criminal friend index, selfesteem, parental attachment and peer rejection. Limitations and advantages, including practical implications, of the current research are discussed.

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Assessment of psycho-social factors predicting recidivistic violent offenses within a sample of male prisoners

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

Comparison of murderers with recidivists and first time incarcerated offenders from U.S. prisons on psychopathy and identity as a criminal: An exploratory analysis

Comparison of murderers with recidivists and first time incarcerated offenders from U.S. prisons on psychopathy and identity as a criminal: An exploratory analysis

Criminal social identity and suicide ideation among Pakistani young prisoners

Validation of the Measure of Delinquent Social Identity Among Youth Offenders in the UK

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