Development of a Preliminary Typology for Violent Justice Involved Veterans
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Dickie, Ida
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Spalding University
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2020
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169
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Psy.D.
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Spalding University
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2020
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The current study explored the effectiveness of using Risks-Needs-Responsibility (R-N-R) principles to understand violence in veterans, as well as to develop a preliminary typology of violent justice involved (VJI) veterans. Twenty male veterans with a prior or current involvement with the criminal justice system participated in the study. Nine participants had a history of violence. Veterans' criminal history, military experience, risk for violence, and criminal recidivism were assessed by the following measures: Self-reported Background History Questionnaire, Deployment Risk & Resilience Inventory - 2nd edition (DDRI-2), Paulhus Deception Scales (PDS), Inventory of Offender Risk, Needs, and Strengths (IORNS), Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Scales (PICTS), Trauma Symptom Inventory - 2nd edition (TSI-2), DSM-5 Substance Abuse Scale, DSM-5 Anger Scale, and the Level of Service Inventory - Revised (LSI-R). Via 19 hypotheses and based on the R-N-R principles, it was proposed VJI veterans will exhibit similar risk factors as those observed among justice involved civilians. These hypotheses also aid in the development of a preliminary typology for VJI veterans. Study results indicated VJI veterans exhibited similar risk factors as justice involved civilians. R-N-R principles were also effective at conceptualizing VJI veterans' criminal behavior. Further research with a larger sample of VJI veterans is recommended.