@article{ref1,
title="Profiles of psychopathy in incarcerated sexual offenders",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2000",
author="Porter, Stephen and Fairweather, David and Drugge, Jeff and Hervé, Hugues and Birt, Angela and Boer, Douglas P.",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="216-233",
abstract="The authors investigated whether psychopathy would contribute to the understanding of the heterogeneity of sexual violence. Using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, presence of psychopathy, callous personality (Factor 1), and chronic antisocial conduct (Factor 2) were examined in a diverse sample (N = 329) of incarcerated sex offenders and nonsexual offenders categorized according to the nature of their crimes. Mixed rapist/molesters and rapists were more psychopathic than child molesters, although all sex offender groups showed elevated Factor 1 scores. A high proportion (64%) of offenders who had victimized both children and adults were psychopathic, indicative of a criminal whose thrill seeking is directed at diverse sexual victims (appropriately called a sexual psychopath). Furthermore, there were different factor scores and an interaction between factor scores and offense type. These profiles have implications for treatment and a comprehensive theory of sexual violence.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854800027002005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854800027002005"
}