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.
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
Gina M
GM
Vincent
Candice L
CL
Odgers
Amanda V
AV
McCormick
Raymond R
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Corrado
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*