Citation

Corrado RR, Vincent GM, Hart SD, Cohen IM. Behav. Sci. Law 2004; 22(1): 5-22.

Affiliation

School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. Corrado@sfu.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.574

PMID

14963878

Abstract

Several authors have expressed concern regarding the use of youth psychopathy assessments in determinations of risk for general and violent offending. The Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) was completed with 182 male adolescent offenders in this prospective study (average 14.5 month follow-up) of general and violent recidivism. Both a two-factor and three-factor model of the PCL:YV significantly predicted general and violent recidivism at a predictive accuracy ranging from 68 to 63%. However, regression analyses indicated these associations were explained primarily by behavioral psychopathic symptoms, rather than interpersonal or affective traits. Implications for the use of psychopathy assessments for risk during adolescence are discussed.

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