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Psychopathic Predators? Getting Specific about the Relation between Psychopathy and Violence
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Camp, Jacqueline P.; Skeem, Jennifer L.; Barchard, Kimberly; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Poythress, Norman G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003) is often used to assess risk of violence, perhaps based on the assumption that it captures emotionally detached individuals who are driven to prey upon others. This study is designed to assess the relation between (a) core interpersonal and affective traits of psychopathy and…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Risk Assessment
Therapeutic Responses of Psychopathic Sexual Offenders: Treatment Attrition, Therapeutic Change, and Long-Term Recidivism
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Olver, Mark E.; Wong, Stephen C. P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The authors examined the therapeutic responses of psychopathic sex offenders (greater than or equal to 25 Psychopathy Checklist-Revised; PCL-R) in terms of treatment dropout and therapeutic change, as well as sexual and violent recidivism over a 10-year follow-up among 156 federally incarcerated sex offenders treated in a high-intensity inpatient…
Descriptors: Intervention, Check Lists, Recidivism, Sexual Abuse
Does Psychopathy Predict Institutional Misconduct among Adults?: A Meta-Analytic Investigation
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Guy, Laura S.; Edens, John F.; Anthony, Christine; Douglas, Kevin S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Narrative reviews have raised several questions regarding the predictive validity of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 2003) and related scales in institutional settings. In this meta-analysis, the authors coded 273 effect sizes to investigate the association between the Hare scales and a hierarchy of increasingly specific…
Descriptors: Adults, Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Decision Making
Psychopathy and Suicidality in Female Offenders: Mediating Influences of Personality and Abuse
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Verona, Edelyn; Hicks, Brian M.; Patrick, Christopher J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The influence of personality and childhood abuse on suicidal behaviors and psychopathy was examined among female prisoners. Scores on the affective/interpersonal component (Factor 1; F1) and the antisocial deviance (Factor 2; F2) component of psychopathy were obtained from the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (R. D. Hare, 1991). Suicide attempt and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Check Lists, Suicide, Sexual Abuse