Fledgling psychopathy: a view from personality theory.
Although the author agrees with Seagrave and Grisso that the research base does not yet support the use of extant measures of juvenile psychopathy in forensic settings, he disagrees with the general pessimism of Seagrave and Grisso regarding the assessment of juvenile psychopathy. The author argues that data drawn from basic research in personality argues against the concern that normative development changes will cloud the assessment of psychopathy. Additionally, the present author argues that fledgling psychopathy holds the key to successful intervention.
Lynam
Donald R
DR
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA. dlyna1@uky.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011582:Psychological Theory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results