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Psychopathy and Institutional Misbehavior Among Incarcerated Sex Offenders: A Comparison of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Personality Assessment Inventory by John F. Edens; Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum; Kevin W. Colwell; Darryl W. Johnson; Judy K. Johnson is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Psychopathy and Institutional Misbehavior Among Incarcerated Sex Offenders: A Comparison of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Personality Assessment Inventory about?
Psychopathic personality disorder (psychopathy) consists of a distinct pattern of affective, interpersonal, and behavioral symptoms. Emotionally, psychopaths lack empathy for others or guilt for their misdeeds, and they have difficulty forming strong affective bonds. Behaviorally, psychopaths tend to be irresponsible and prone to criminality. Interpersonally, psychopaths are grandiose, callous, and deceitful (Cleckley, 1976;Cooke & Michie, 2001;Hare, 1991). The relevance of the construct of psychopathy to forensic mental health services hardly can be overstated, in that it repeatedly has been shown to identify individuals who are at increased risk for various negative outcomes (e.g., treatment failure, criminal recidivism, violent recidivism) across several forensic and criminal justice populations (
Who reads Psychopathy and Institutional Misbehavior Among Incarcerated Sex Offenders: A Comparison of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised and the Personality Assessment Inventory?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Psychology.
- Author
- John F. Edens; Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum; Kevin W. Colwell; Darryl W. Johnson; Judy K. Johnson
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)