Predicting Recidivism with the PICTS Fear-of-Change Scale in a Sample of Medium-Security Inmates Following Their Release from Federal Prison
Published online on June 02, 2026
Abstract
The Prison Journal, Volume 106, Issue 4, Page 440-456, September 2026.
The predictive validity of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) Fear-of-Change (FOC) scale was evaluated in 1,101 male prison inmates following their release from custody. The predictive validity of the FOC was tested using a ...
The predictive validity of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) Fear-of-Change (FOC) scale was evaluated in 1,101 male prison inmates following their release from custody. The predictive validity of the FOC was tested using a ...