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The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
On-line version ISSN 1989-4007Print version ISSN 1889-1861
Abstract
COMPANY MARTINEZ, Víctor and ANDRES-PUEYO, Antonio. The Spanish version of the Criminal Sentiment Scale Modified (CSS-M): factor structure, reliability, and validity. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.2, pp.67-72. ISSN 1989-4007. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2015.03.001.
The purpose of this study was to translate and validate the Criminal Sentiment Scale Modified (CSS-M), which measures the criminal attitudes into Spanish. Despite the large body of research proving their importance as one of the best predictors of criminal conduct, only a few measures have been psychometrically developed and validated, and none of them are available in the Spanish language. A sample of 153 male inmates from Penitentiary Brians I of the Catalan Prison Service (Spain) participated voluntarily in the study (73.9% of Spanish nationality, mean age = 37.3) completed the final version of the Spanish adaptation. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted with all the scales simultaneously, showing that the underlying structure of the CSS-M was best explained by a two-factor solution: Sentiments toward the establishment and Criminality self-benefits. Moreover, a set of analyses of variance (ANOVA) was also performed, validating the scale well. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the Spanish version of the CSS-M has satisfactory psychometric properties, enabling its potential usefulness within the legal field of Spanish-speaking countries as a key element in crime prevention.
Keywords : Criminal attitudes; Criminogenic needs; CSS-M; Inmates; Recidivism.