Article
The Attachment and Clinical Issues Questionnaire: A New Methodology for Science and Practice in Criminology and Forensics
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
(2014)
Abstract
Most modern theories suggest that interpersonal relationships are of central
importance in the development of criminal behavior. We tested the parent attachment
scales of a new research and clinical measure, the Attachment and Clinical Issues
Questionnaire (ACIQ). It is a 29-scale battery assessing attachments to mother,
father, partner, and peers, which also includes several related clinical scales. Sixtyone
(18-20 years of age) male offenders from a maximum security detention center
and 131contrasts completed the ACIQ. ANOVA demonstrated that mother and
father attachments displayed different patterns. The attachment scales also predicted
the numbers of crimes within the population of juvenile offenders. Thus, the parent
attachment scales of the ACIQ showed promise as an instrument to test dynamic
systems approaches to developmental models of criminal behavior.
Keywords
- measures for criminals,
- crime,
- profiling crime,
- juvenile delinquency,
- attachment and crime
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer March 1, 2014
DOI
10.1177/0306624X13492397
Citation Information
Marc A. Lindberg. "The Attachment and Clinical Issues Questionnaire: A New Methodology for Science and Practice in Criminology and Forensics" International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Vol. 58 Iss. 10 (2014) p. 1166 - 1185 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marc_lindberg/7/
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