Selected MMPI-2 Scores of Forensic Offenders in a Community Setting

MMPI-2 clinical, validity, restructured clinical, content, selected supplemental, and PSY-5 scale data from convicted offenders who were incarcerated and referred by community criminal courts were analyzed. Descriptive statistics, including frequency data for high points and well-defined two-point code types were provided. Compared to state and federal inmates, significantly more individuals from the local community produced invalid MMPI-2 profiles. Consistent with reported trends toward the increased incarceration of the mentally ill, there were indications that comparatively more of this population demonstrated greater psychopathology than that typically reported from the general prison inmate population. Implications for practice are addressed.