Psychopathy in Adolescence and Criminal Recidivism in Young Adulthood : Longitudinal Results From a Multiethnic Sample of Youthful Offenders
Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 1, 57-64 (2007)
http://asm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/1/57
John F. Edens ; Melissa A. Cahill
"Very few studies to date have examined the long-term predictive validity of psychopathy among juveniles. The current study reports general and violent recidivism data for an ethnically heterogeneous sample of male offenders (n = 75) who had been administered the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL: YV) in 1996 when they were on average 16 years of age. Neither total scores nor factor scores of the PCL: YV predicted general or violent reconvictions throughout this time frame. These modest effects underscore recent concerns raised about the utility of psychopathy as a risk factor for future criminality, particularly among multiethnic offender samples." [Sub required]