Self-report measures of child and adolescent psychopathy as predictors of offending in four samples of justice-involved youth |
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Authors: | Boccaccini Marcus T Epstein Monica Poythress Norman Douglas Kevin S Campbell Justin Gardner Gail Falkenbach Diana |
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Affiliation: | Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA. boccaccini@shsu.edu |
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Abstract: | The authors examined the relation between self-report psychopathy measures and official records of offending in four samples of justice-involved youth (total N = 447). Psychopathy measures included the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) and a modified version of the Childhood Psychopathy Scale (mCPS). Measures of offending included the total number of preadmission arrest charges for three samples (n = 392) and the total number of offenses in the year following release for two samples (n = 138). Neither measure was a strong correlate of preadmission offenses. Although mCPS scores were associated with postrelease offending in one sample, effects for the APSD were observed only when reoffending was conceptualized as a dichotomous variable, indicating a lack of robustness in this association. The findings suggest caution in the use of self-report measures of psychopathic features for decision making with respect to issues of delinquency risk among justice-involved youth. |
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