This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by LOZA, W. Articles by LOZA-FANOUS, A. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Reliability, Construct, and Concurrent Validities of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire

A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism

Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Carleton University, Canada Queen's University, Canada

GURMEET DHALIWAL

Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Saskatchewan, Canada Carleton University, Canada

DARYL G. KRONER

Pittsburgh Institution, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

AMEL LOZA-FANOUS

Carleton University, Canada

The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a recently developed self-report questionnaire designed to predict violent and nonviolent offender recidivism. This 67-item, six-subscale tool measures quantitative criminogenic risk-need areas. The SAQ was administered to 303 federally sentenced Canadian male offenders. The total scale test-retest reliability coefficient was .95 and ranged from .69 to .93 for the subscales. Coefficient alphas ranged from .42 to .87. All the subscales with the exception of one had a one-factor solution. The SAQ subscales correlated with other instruments assessing similar constructs and with other measures of recidivism. Offenders with high SAQ totals and subscale scores committed significantly more offenses than did those with low SAQ scores. Similarly, offenders with a history of violence had higher SAQ total scores than the offenders with no history of violence. These preliminary results support the further study of the SAQ as an instrument for predicting violent and nonviolent recidivism.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 3, 356-374 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854800027003005


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				L. Tan and R. C. Grace Social Desirability and Sexual Offenders: A Review Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, March 1, 2008; 20(1): 61 - 87. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. L. Kingston, A. MacTavish, and A. Loza-Fanous A Nine-Year Follow-Up Study on the Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Predicting Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism J Interpers Violence, September 1, 2007; 22(9): 1144 - 1155. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. K. Dhaliwal, W. Loza, and J. R. Reddon Invalidity of "Disconfirmation of the Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in a Sample of High-Risk Drug Offenders" (2006): A Reply J Interpers Violence, August 1, 2007; 22(8): 1077 - 1089. [PDF]

				W. Loza, A. Loza-Fanous, and K. Heseltine The Myth of Offenders' Deception on Self-Report Measure Predicting Recidivism: Example From the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) J Interpers Violence, June 1, 2007; 22(6): 671 - 683. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. D. Walters Response Style Versus Crime-Specific Cognition: Predicting Disciplinary Adjustment and Recidivism in Male and Female Offenders With the PICTS Assessment, March 1, 2007; 14(1): 35 - 43. [Abstract] [PDF]

				O. Mitchell and D. L. Mackenzie Disconfirmation of the Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in a Sample of High-Risk Drug Offenders Criminal Justice and Behavior, August 1, 2006; 33(4): 449 - 466. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. D. Walters Risk-Appraisal Versus Self-Report in the Prediction of Criminal Justice Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis Criminal Justice and Behavior, June 1, 2006; 33(3): 279 - 304. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza, L. H. Neo, A. Shahinfar, and A. Loza-Fanous Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism With Female Offenders Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, October 1, 2005; 49(5): 547 - 560. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. D. Walters Incremental Validity of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles as a Predictor of Continuous and Dichotomous Measures of Recidivism Assessment, March 1, 2005; 12(1): 19 - 27. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza, A. Cumbleton, A. Shahinfar, L. H. Neo, M. Evans, M. Conley, and R. Summers Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): An Offender Risk and Need Assessment Measure on Australian, British, Canadian, Singaporean, and American Offenders J Interpers Violence, October 1, 2004; 19(10): 1172 - 1190. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza, M. Conley, and B. Warren Concurrent Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism and Institutional Adjustment on a Sample of North Carolina Offenders Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, February 1, 2004; 48(1): 85 - 95. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza and A. Loza-Fanous More Evidence for the Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Predicting Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study Criminal Justice and Behavior, December 1, 2003; 30(6): 709 - 721. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D. B. Villeneuve, N. Oliver, and W. Loza Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire with a Maximum-Security Psychiatric Population J Interpers Violence, November 1, 2003; 18(11): 1325 - 1334. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza and K. Green The Self-appraisal Questionnaire: A Self-report Measure for Predicting Recidivism Versus Clinician-administered Measures: a 5-year Follow-up Study J Interpers Violence, July 1, 2003; 18(7): 781 - 797. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. Loza and A. Loza-Fanous The Effectiveness of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire as an Offenders' Classification Measure J Interpers Violence, January 1, 2002; 17(1): 3 - 13. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. B. Benda Factors That Discriminate between Recidivists, Parole Violators, and Nonrecidivists in a 3-Year Follow-Up of Boot Camp Graduates Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, December 1, 2001; 45(6): 711 - 729. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. LOZA and A. LOZA-FANOUS The Effectiveness of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in Predicting Offenders' Postrelease Outcome: A Comparison Study Criminal Justice and Behavior, February 1, 2001; 28(1): 105 - 121. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D. G. KRONER and W. LOZA Evidence for the Efficacy of Self-Report in Predicting Nonviolent and Violent Criminal Recidivism J Interpers Violence, February 1, 2001; 16(2): 168 - 177. [Abstract] [PDF]

				W. LOZA and A. LOZA-FANOUS Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Release Failures J Interpers Violence, November 1, 2000; 15(11): 1183 - 1191. [Abstract] [PDF]