Malesky, Jr., L. Alvin

WCU

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The latent structure of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder 2013 2263 The purpose of this study is to explore the underlying structure of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder -- the Disruptive Behavior Disorders. As the bulk of this study was conducted in expectation of the imminent fifth edition of the D...
The link between crime severity and drug and alcohol dependence 2013 2274 There are many theories about what causes crime and how crimes may be related to drugs. Goldstein (1985) proposed that there are three ways that drugs and crime interact: economic compulsion, psychopharmacological effects, and systemic crimes. The ec...
Determining sex offender risk to public safety : a survey of superior court judges hearing petitions for removal from the North Carolina sex offender registry 2014 5199 Under Finding of Fact 6 of the Petition and Order for Termination of Sex Offender Registration, North Carolina Superior Court Judges are required to make a determination of the potential risk posed by offenders petitioning the Court for removal from ...
Personality type and the successful liar 2011 6149 Deception is a heavily researched and highly contentious area in the field of modern psychology. A large emphasis has been placed on deception detection, but little is known about the individual differences of a successful liar. Machiavellianism an...
The trifecta effect: the incarcerated woman’s triple comorbidity and associations with recidivism 2020 368 Jails are the front door to the criminal justice system, serving as the initial point of contact with inmates (Raggio, Hoffmann, & Kopak, 2017). Females in jail are the fastest growing correctional population (Swavola, Riley, & Subramanian, 2016). Fe...
Personality in preschool aged children : preliminary psychometrics of the M5-PS 2010 1913 The study of personality and individual differences in adults has flourished over the past 30 years (Swann & Seyle, 2005). During this time, the Five Factor Model (FFM), most widely researched and defined by Costa and McCrae (1985, 1987), has dominat...