Validation of the Offending-Related Attitudes Questionnaire of CRIME-PICS II Scale (Chinese)

Abstract

This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure that differed from the one proposed by Frude, Honess, and Maguire. The Chinese version of the scale was found to have good internal consistency (α = .90) and good test–retest reliability (r = .86) and also to present evidence of construct, concurrent, discriminant, and predictive validity. Overall, the Offending-Related Attitude Questionnaire (Chinese) proves to have great potential utility in the context of the Chinese criminal justice systems but will benefit from further validation studies.

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“…The CRIME-PICS II questionnaire was used for the third part of the survey (Frude, Honess, & Maguire, 2009). It was used to assess the respondents' attitudes toward delinquency and criminal acts (Chui & Chan, 2011;Chui, Wu, Kwok, & Liu, 2017). The original instrument is divided into four parts: The first part covers an offender's current status, history of past offending, and demographic characteristics; the second part is the 20-item CRIME-PICS II questionnaire; the third part is the 15-item problems checklist; and the fourth part is a summary of the offender's scores from the questionnaires.…”

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