Psychopathy, treatment change, and recidivism in high-risk, high-need sexual offenders.  

Oleh:

Abracen, Jeffrey ; Looman, Jan ; Serin, Ralph ; Marquis, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Interpersonal Violence vol. 20 no. 5 (May 2005), page 549.
Topik: Psychopathy; Sexual Offenders; Treatment
Fulltext: 549.pdf (135.6KB)

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The present study investigated 154 consecutive admissions to the Regional Treatment Center (Ontario) Sex Offender Treatment Program with reference to psychopathy and outcome. Ratings of treatment behavior, as well as clinical judgments as to whether risk was reduced, were coded based on treatment reports.With reference to Psychopathy Checklist–revised (PCL-R) scores, survival analyses indicated that high scorers recidivated at significantly higher rates than low scorers. However, offenders who received high PCL-R cores and lower scores on measures of treatment behavior recidivated at the same rate as low scorers on the PCL-R. Furthermore, among high PCL-R offenders, those rated as lower risk at posttreatment in fact reoffended at a lower rate than those whose risk was rated as unchanged, although this difference failed to reach significance. Findings are discussed in light of the clinical and research literature.

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