Abstract

It isn't easy to assess people's dormant dangerousness. This study intended to explore variables to predict inmates' criminal records and their dangerous behaviors during imprisonment. Evaluation criteria of dangerousness in prison and criminal risk were inferred based on these variables. In study 1, Korean Correctional Personality Inventory was developed and in study 2, besides inmates' psychological characteristics, additional crime-related variables were explored, which among them were significantly related to dangerous behaviors in prison and contents of criminal records. As a result of statistical analyses, various predictors effectively explained variance of dangerousness in prison; attitude during unconvicted detention, a number of punishments during imprisonment, results of correctional counseling, delusion, history of self-injury, history of abscondence, motivation of present crime, agreement with victims, a number of visitation of family members, and academic records. Also, variance of criminal risk were significantly explained by criminal records, a term of imprisonment, a number of criminal behaviors including delinquencies, a term of previous imprisonment, a term of previous probation, a number of punishments during imprisonment, an interval of recidivism, use of weapons, motivation of present crime, psychological tendency of giving-up, aggression, attitude during unconvicted detention, involvement to gangsters, a number of visitation of family members, existence of parent, and academic records.