TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Psychopathy, intelligence, and recidivism in child molesters: evidence of an interaction effect
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Beggs, Sarah M.
A1  - Grace, Randolph C.
SP  - 683
EP  - 695
VL  - 35
IS  - 6
N2  - 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. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in terms of implications for risk assessment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808314786
ID  - ref1
ER  -