Psychopathic Inclination Among Incarcerated Youth of Hazara Division Pakistan

Sher Dil and Farhana Kazmi

SAGE Open, 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 2158244016671558

Abstract: Present study aimed at evaluating the psychopathic inclination among youth and finding the gender differences in psychopathy. An indigenously developed Psychopathy scale ( Urdu ) has been used in this study. Alpha reliability of the scale was .90. The study was conducted on 100 males (50 criminals and 50 non-criminals) and 100 females (26 criminals and 74 non-criminals) using a convenient sampling technique from three districts of Hazara division: Haripur, Abbottabad, and Mansehra. Results confirmed that there is significant difference in psychopathic inclination of males and females; criminals differed significantly from the non-criminals. The study also paves way for further investigation in the field in Pakistan.

Keywords: psychopathy; gender differences; criminals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244016671558

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