Assessment Summary

Prison Inmate Inventory (PII)

The Prison Inmate Inventory (PII) is designed for inmate (male and female) assessment.

This test is standardized on inmates and is a popular prison inmate assessment instrument. The PII has empirically demonstrated reliability, validity and accuracy.

The PII has 161 items, takes 35 minutes to complete and has 10 measures (scales):

  1. Truthfulness Scale
  2. Adjustment Scale
  3. Alcohol Scale
  4. Drugs Scale
  5. Antisocial Scale
  6. Violence Scale
  7. Distress Scale
  8. Judgement Scale
  9. Self-Esteem Scale
  10. Stress Coping Scale

Reports contain specific score-related recommendations that are applicable to levels of supervision and inmate needs.


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