Psychopathy and the combination of psychopathy and sexual deviance as predictors of sexual recidivism: Meta-analytic findings using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Hawes, Samuel W ^a   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Murrie, Daniel C ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

PCL R; Psychopathy; Risk assessment; Sex offender; Sexual recidivism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL RECIVIDISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875348971     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030391     Document Type: Article

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