ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of self-report measures that have been used to assess criminal thought content, criminal thought process, and related cognitive phenomena. The reliability and validity of criminal thought content (Criminal Thought Content Inventory) and process (Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles) scales derived from criminal lifestyle theory are examined first. This is followed by a review of proxy measures of proactive and reactive criminal thought process and content. Because many studies that relate criminal thinking to other important criminological factors have not administered the Criminal Thought Content Inventory or Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles, proxy measures of criminal thought content and criminal thought process are required to allow for a complete analysis of criminal thinking as a core risk factor for future crime. Near the end of the chapter, seven alternate measures of criminal thought process and/or content (i.e., Criminal Sentiments Scale, How I Think, TCU Criminal Thinking Scales, Measure of Criminal Attitudes and Associates, Measure of Offender Thinking Styles, Criminogenic Cognitions Scale, and Criminogenic Thinking Profile), and indices of crime-related outcome expectancies, hostile attributions, and world view belief systems are discussed.
