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RESUMEN
1 Esta investigacin fue financiada en su integridad por la Junta de Castilla y Len (SA084/04).
2 Facultad de Psicologa. Dpto. De Personalidad, Evaluacin y tratamiento Psicolgicos. Universidad de Salamanca.
Avda. de la Merced, 109.- 37005.- Salamanca. Tfno. 00-34-923-29.45.00; Ext. 3313 e-mail: fjimenez@usal.es
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is the development of a scale that, based on the HCR-20
and the PCL-SV, and a weighted structure of its items, can help psychologists to
predict and assess violent behavior and risk of recidivism. With a quasi-experi-
mental design we have analyzed the behavior of 49 inmates serving time in prison,
21 of them being considered as violent and 28 as non-violent. We carried out the
internal consistency of the items in the scale, the composition of its key factors and
their diagnostic accuracy through the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC).
Our results showed acceptable scale internal consistency ( =0, 835) and diagnos-
tic accuracy (AUC =0, 904), being able to significantly differentiate mean scores
for both groups with a good index of Cohen (d = 1,70).
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