RT Article T1 The Role of Arrest Risk Perception Formation in the Association Between Psychopathy and Aggressive Offending JF Youth violence and juvenile justice VO 19 IS 4 SP 402 OP 422 A1 Altikriti, Sultan A2 Nedelec, Joseph L. A2 Silver, Ian LA English YR 2021 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1768024308 AB Research on the role of risk perception as a mechanism linking personality traits and behavioral outcomes is limited. The current study assessed a developmental model of the influence of psychopathic traits (PPTs) on the between- and within-individual variation in perceptions of risk and aggressive offending. Multivariate latent growth curve models were used to estimate the role of risk perceptions in the association between PPTs and aggressive offending in a sample of 1,354 adjudicated youths. The results indicated that PPTs influenced between-individual differences in perceptions of risk (β = −.312) and aggressive offending (β = .256), although the effects on within-individual differences suggested some attenuation over time. Additionally, higher PPT scores exhibited an indirect influence on increased aggressive offending through reduced perceptions of risk (β = .049). Implications from this line of research support calls for a developmentally informed juvenile justice system that considers latent personality traits and their long-term effects. Broader implications support individualized rehabilitative programming and tailored responses to offending over the blanket deterrence approach that dominates the current landscape of the American criminal justice system. K1 Deterrence K1 Psychopathy K1 Individual differences K1 Risk K1 Developmental Criminology DO 10.1177/15412040211029991