Do psychopathic personality traits in childhood predict subsequent criminality and psychiatric outcomes over and above childhood behavioral problems?

Suvi Virtanen, Antti Latvala, Henrik Andershed, Paul Lichtenstein, Catherine Tuvblad, Olivier F. Colins, Jaana Suvisaari, Henrik Larsson and Sebastian Lundström

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2022, vol. 80, issue C

Abstract: We investigated whether childhood psychopathic personality traits predicted subsequent self-reported and register-based criminality and psychiatric outcomes when childhood behavioral problems (conduct disorder [CD] and ADHD symptoms) were accounted for.

Keywords: Psychopathy; Childhood; Longitudinal; Criminality; Substance use; Psychiatric disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101761

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