Corrections Personnel
I have two tests of focal value to
corrections personnel: The McConochie At Risk for Violence test (McARFV) and the HAAPI
(Helping Adolescents and Adults Plan Inventory). The HAAPI includes the
McARFV within
it. These instruments provide profiles of troubled persons that are
quite rich and poignant in import. If you have the resources to truly
help people, these instruments will give you clear starting points on
which to focus your efforts.
AVAILABLE TESTS
McConochie At Risk for Violence Test
(McARFV)
This 58-item questionnaire assesses ten traits that
put children and adults at risk for delinquent and criminal behavior,
including violent acts. Persons with elevated scores on this test
are more prone to antisocial behaviors than those with lower scores.
Knowing specific areas of at-riskness can help change
them, as by improving friendships and career satisfaction, being less
rigid in thinking, feeling guilty and sorry for
wrongdoing and reducing access to guns and violent movies, video
games and music. You may also choose to seek professional assistance to
explore your specific areas of at-riskness.
Length of Test:
10 minutes
Price: $7.95
Helping Adolescents
and Adults Plan Inventory (HAAPI)
The HAAPI is a 305-item
inventory designed to measure all of the factors that prior research
has associated with delinquent behavior, such as difficult family
circumstances, drug and alcohol abuse at an early age, associating with
delinquent peers and poor feeling management skills. The HAAPI includes
the McARFV within it (see McARFV above). It provides separate scores for each of the many
dimensions measured. Initial norming was done on only 33 teenagers, so
additional norming is needed. Clinicians and researchers interested in
helping with such norming should contact me, especially if they can
foresee immediate use of the instrument in their settings once the HAAPI
is normed. This test could easily be adapted for use with adults also,
simply by norming it on adults.
Length of Test:
An hour, or more, depending on
reading skill
Age Level:
Adults &
Teens
Price: None until norming is
expanded
Corrections personnel might also be
interested in other tests described elsewhere on this site. See for
example the tests listed as Clinical Products
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