TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The PCL: YV and recidivism in male and female juveniles: a follow-up into young adulthood
JO  - International journal of law and psychiatry
A1  - Vincent, Gina M.
A1  - Odgers, Candice L.
A1  - McCormick, Amanda V.
A1  - Corrado, Raymond R.
SP  - 287
EP  - 296
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
N2  - Adolescents, and most recently, adolescent females, have emerged as an important population in violence risk assessment and have sparked a debate regarding the downward and gendered extension of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). This article evaluates the differential prediction of the three and four-factor models of the PCL:YV for male (n=201) and female (n=55) juvenile offenders using a prospective four and one-half year follow-up (M=3 years) study. Both models of the PCL:YV were significant predictors for boys; however, contrary to findings from studies using shorter follow-up periods, the predictive power was due primarily to the behavioral features of psychopathy. The PCL:YV was not a significant predictor of non-violent or violent recidivism for girls. This study does not lend support for the use of the PCL:YV as a risk factor for girl offenders. More research is needed to understand the application of the psychopathy construct in youth, particularly in girls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0160-2527
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -