RT Article
T1 A Prospective Study on Self-Reported Psychopathy and Criminal Recidivism Among Incarcerated Male Juvenile Offenders
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 14
SP 2383
OP 2405
A1 Pechorro, Pedro
A1 Seto, Michael C.
A1 Ray, James V.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1675749051
AB The present study examines the utility of three self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among a sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders. Participants (N = 214, M = 16.40 years, SD = 1.29 years) from seven Portuguese juvenile detention centers were followed and prospectively classified as recidivists versus non-recidivists. Area under the curve (AUC) analysis revealed that the Antisocial Process Screening Device-Self-Report (APSD-SR) presented the best performance in terms of predicting general recidivism, with the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) and the Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale-Self-Report (CATS-SR) presenting much poorer results. However, logistic regression models controlling for past frequency of crimes and age of first incarceration found that none of these self-report measures significantly predicted 1- or 3-year recidivism, whether general or violent. Findings suggest there are limitations in terms of the incremental utility of self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among juveniles.
K1 Crime
K1 Juvenile offenders
K1 Psychopathy
K1 Recidivism
K1 Self-report
DO 10.1177/0306624X19849569