@article{ref1,
title="Youth psychopathic traits and their impact on long-term criminal offending trajectories",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2013",
author="Dyck, Heather L. and Campbell, Mary Ann and Schmidt, Fred and Wershler, Julie L.",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="230-248",
abstract="The current study examined long-term offending patterns in relation to youth psychopathic traits. Criminal records of 126 adolescent offenders (80 male; 46 female) were analyzed for criminal activity between the ages of 12 and 23. Total scores on the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version were positively correlated with a higher number of overall offending incidents. After classifying youths into low (n = 62), moderate (n = 26), and high (n = 38) psychopathic trait groups, results indicated that the moderate- and high-trait groups had consistently higher mean rates of criminal events (i.e., violent, nonviolent, drug related, and technical violations) throughout the follow-up period than the low-trait group. Contrary to what has been argued in previous psychopathy literature, a decrease in offending over time was observed in all three psychopathic trait groups. These results suggest that youths with psychopathic traits tend to display a higher level of criminal activity during adolescence, but are similar to lower psychopathic groups in also showing at least an initial decline in this behavior as they approach early adulthood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/1541204012469414",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204012469414"
}