E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The purpose of this study is to investigate the PAI profile of inmate group and develop the criminal-behavior prediction index. PAI mean profiles of normal adult(N=229) and inmate(N=229) groups were compared. Discriminant function analysis was performed on 18 mean scale scores to compose the index that differentiate inmate group from normal adult group. In the mean profile of inmate group, ANT scale was the most elevated scale, and then, DRG, ALC, BOR, AGG. The discriminant function that differentiate both group was composed with DRG, ANT, MAN, SCZ, RXR, BOR, STR. Classification rates of analysis and holdout samples were 83.92% 79.39%, respectively, and the overall percentages of cases correctly classified in two samples was 81.66%. Theses results indicate that PAI can be useful in criminal population and other related settings.