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The Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA): Further testing of structural and criterion-related validity

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Summary, in English

The validity of a Swedish translation of the Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA) was evaluated. All four subscales showed acceptable reliability, but the Entitlement scale can be improved by replacing items with low loadings. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a model with one common criminal attitude factor and three subfactors (corresponding to subscales of the test). The Antisocial Intent scale failed to come out as a separate factor. The criterion-related validity was evidenced through offenders having more positive attitudes to criminality than a sample from a public Internet site, a treatment program having an effect on the ratings, and test scores being meaningfully related to criminal history variables. It was concluded that the MCAA has satisfactory psychometric properties.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

1398-1410

Publication/Series

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volume

35

Issue

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • differences
  • individual
  • antisocial associates
  • MCAA
  • antisocial attitudes
  • offenders

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0093-8548