The PCL: YV and recidivism in male and female juveniles: a follow-up into young adulthood.
Adolescents, and most recently, adolescent females, have emerged as an important population in violence risk assessment and have sparked a debate regarding the downward and gendered extension of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). This article evaluates the differential prediction of the three and four-factor models of the PCL:YV for male (n=201) and female (n=55) juvenile offenders using a prospective four and one-half year follow-up (M=3 years) study. Both models of the PCL:YV were significant predictors for boys; however, contrary to findings from studies using shorter follow-up periods, the predictive power was due primarily to the behavioral features of psychopathy. The PCL:YV was not a significant predictor of non-violent or violent recidivism for girls. This study does not lend support for the use of the PCL:YV as a risk factor for girl offenders. More research is needed to understand the application of the psychopathy construct in youth, particularly in girls.
Vincent
Gina M
GM
Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Gina.Vincent@unassmed.edu
Odgers
Candice L
CL
McCormick
Amanda V
AV
Corrado
Raymond R
RR
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D001955:British Columbia; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*