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The current study failed to support the validity of a distinctive SCL-90-R profile for patients with whiplash injuries. Instead, the results suggest that the psychological consequences of experiencing chronic pain from whiplash-associated disorders are similar to the psychological consequences of chronic pain from other musculoskeletal injuries.

In order to assess the effectiveness of the validity scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991), 111 Introductory Psychology students completed the Positive Impression Management scale (PIM) and the Defensiveness Index (DEF) from the PAI along with the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR; Paulhus, 1984) under two instructional sets: 'forthright" and "fake good." Both PAI measures of socially desirable responding were superior to the BIDR scales at identifying protocols written under the fake good instructions. Contrary to Morey (1991), the results from this study support the use of a raw score of 18 as the cut-off on the PIM scale rather than 23. Using 18 as the criterion, 85.1% of cases were correctly classified. A cut-off score for the DEF (5) was derived and tested. Using this criterion resulted in the correct classification of 83.3% cases. A discriminant function that incorporated both the PAI indices produced no substantial improvement in classification accuracy.

The incidence of sex crimes against women and children continues to alarm the public. Frequently, the crimes receiving greater media attention involve men with past convictions for sexual offences. To address the issue of recidivism, the Canadian criminal justice system has placed more emphasis on rehabilitation. The author contends that further changes could be introduced to facilitate the treatment of these men. Typically, judicial responses have involved short-term incarceration and/or community supervision (i.e., probation). Research on treatment efficacy supports the utilisation of specific sex offender treatment, and to some extent these interventions have been employed. In this article, legal procedures for sentencing men convicted of sexual offences are examined from the perspective of therapeutic jurisprudence and recommendations are made. These include long-term community supervision following periods of incarceration and mandated treatment specifically addressing sexually abusive behaviour. The recommendations are considered in light of the legal challenges that might be raised.

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