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Mills, j. f. , kroner, d. g. , & hemmati, t. (2004). The measures of criminal attitudes and associates (mcaa): the prediction of general and violent recidivism. Purpose: examine the validity of the mcaa in the prediction of general and violent recidivism (p 722) 144 volunteers drawn from a population of incarcerated adult males sentenced sentenced to 2 years or more to 2 years or more (p 722) 79. 9% white, 11. 8% black, 6. 9% asian, and 1. 4% other: mean age = 34. 5 years, mean number of convictions = 20. 4 (sd = 16. 5, mean number of incarcerations = 7. 2 (sd = 6. 4) Measures of criminal attitudes and associates (mcaa: mills & kroner (1999) Part a: criminal associates number of criminal friends. General statistical information on recidivism (gsir: nuffield (1982, actuarial instrument to estimate risk of actuarial instrument to estimate risk of general recidivism in federally sentenced offenders in canada. In this study, higher gsir scores indicate higher risk of recidivism.
