Citation

Beggs SM, Grace RC. Crim. Justice Behav. 2008; 35(6): 683-695.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854808314786

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The authors studied the relationships between psychopathy, intelligence, and offending in a sample of treated child molesters (N = 216). Regression analyses showed that psychopathy (as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist--Revised) was strongly related to both offense history and recidivism during follow-up. Intelligence (assessed using four-subtest short forms of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised and Third Versions) was not related to offending. However, there was a significant interaction between intelligence and psychopathy on recidivism: Offenders with relatively low intelligence and high psychopathy scores were more than 4 times as likely to have received a sexual reconviction as other offenders.

RESULTS are discussed in terms of implications for risk assessment.

Language: en