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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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The Generalized Instructional Set of the Criminal Attribution Inventory (CRAI): Socially Desirable Responding and Faking

Daryl G. Kroner

Pittsburgh Institution P.O. Box 4510 Kingston, Ontario K7L 5E5 Canada KronerDG{at}csc-scc.gc.ca

Jeremy F. Mills

Bath Institution, Psychology Department P.O. Box 1500, 5775 Bath Road Bath, Ontario K0H 1G0 Canada

Annie K. Yessine

Corrections Service Canada 340 Laurier Ave. West 8th Floor, Section E Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9 Canada

Toni Hemmati

Pittsburgh Institution P.O. Box 4510 Kingston, Ontario K7L 5E5 Canada

Accurate assessment of criminal attributions can assist in explaining crime and identifying offender treatment targets. The current study examines the relationship between a new method of assessing the cognition of criminal attributes, the Criminal Attribution Inventory (CRAI) and a measure of socially desirable responding. 300 participants including incarcerated offenders, released offenders, sex offenders, and university students participated in the current study. Results indicate minimal relationships between socially desirable responding and the CRAI. In a fake-good testing situation, the faking index had appropriate sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive power in identifying fake-good responses. The CRAI’s instructional set of general observation as opposed to self-representation appears to limit socially desirable responding and also allows the CRAI to be administered to nonoffender populations.

Key Words: criminal attributions • social desirabiliyt • faking • community offenders • sexual offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 48, No. 3, 360-372 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04263452
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