Criminal thought process as a dynamic risk factor: Variable- and person-oriented approaches to recidivism prediction.

The research question addressed in this study was whether an increase in criminal thought process predicted elevated risk for recidivism in a community sample of offenders. Using a 1-year change on the General Criminal Thinking (GCT) score of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) as the independent variable, time until first arrest following a second administration of the GCT as the dependent variable, and age, criminal history, race, and ethnicity as control variables, the effect of an elevated GCT score on subsequent recidivism was tested in 35,147 male and 5,254 female federal probationers and supervised releases. Separate analyses were conducted on male and female participants.

PCRA revisited: Testing the validity of the Federal Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA).

The Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) was developed for use in the U.S. Probation System in 2009.