Glenn D. Walters
Glenn Walters | |
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| Born | Glenn Daryl Walters |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Kutztown University |
| Thesis | Racial variations on the MacAndrew alcoholism scale of the MMPI (1982) |
Glenn Walters is an American
He has developed a Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). He argues that criminality is best understood and prevented by examining how it develops within the context of a person's life, and has critiqued genetic studies via metaanalytic research.
His earlier work focused on recidivist criminals within the justice system with failed lives, describing them as lazy and motivated primarily be fear; it has been pointed out that this does not seem to apply to those who manage to be successful, particularly those in organized crime.
Walter has more recently sought to develop an overarching explanation of why any person develops into a certain
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