Incremental validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised above and beyond the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder regarding recidivism in sexual offenders

Dahlnym Yoon, Reinhard Eher and Andreas Mokros

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

Abstract: The diagnostic criteria of the Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) overlaps greatly with the Lifestyle and Antisocial facets of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), whereas the Interpersonal and Affective facets seem to differentiate between antisocial and psychopathic offenders. Previous studies investigated either the ASPD diagnosis or psychopathy measured with the PCL-R, but not the combination of both in sexual offenders. The present study tested three hypotheses that PCL-R scores are incrementally predictive above and beyond the ASPD diagnosis regarding general recidivism, non-sexual violent recidivism, and sexual recidivism.

Keywords: Antisocial personality disorder; Antisociality; PCL-R; Psychopathy; Recidivism; Sexual offender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101780

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