Validation of the Offending-Related Attitudes Questionnaire of CRIME-PICS II Scale (Chinese)

Wing Hong Chui; Joseph Wu; Yan Yuen Kwok; Liu Liu

doi:10.1177/1049731516647485

Validation of the Offending-Related Attitudes Questionnaire of CRIME-PICS II Scale (Chinese)

Wing Hong Chui, Joseph Wu, Yan Yuen Kwok, Liu Liu

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Abstract

This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure that differed from the one proposed by Frude, Honess, and Maguire. The Chinese version of the scale was found to have good internal consistency (α =.90) and good test–retest reliability (r =.86) and also to present evidence of construct, concurrent, discriminant, and predictive validity. Overall, the Offending-Related Attitude Questionnaire (Chinese) proves to have great potential utility in the context of the Chinese criminal justice systems but will benefit from further validation studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-90
Number of pages	11
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731516647485
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chinese
CRIME-PICS II
offenders
offending attitudes
psychometric properties
reliability
validity

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science
General Psychology

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