@article{ref1,
title="Psychopathy and offence severity in sexually aggressive and violent youth",
journal="Criminal behaviour and mental health",
year="2009",
author="Fougere, Amber and Potter, Seb and Boutilier, Joan",
volume="19",
number="4",
pages="247-252",
abstract="Background A large proportion of violent crimes are committed by youths. Youths with psychopathic traits may have a higher risk for recidivism and violence.Aims/hypotheses Our aim was to compare sexually aggressive with violent young men on offence severity and psychopathy. Three hypotheses were proposed: first, young men with previous offences would display a progressive increase in seriousness of offence during their criminal career; secondly, the sexually aggressive and violent young men would not differ in scores on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV); but, thirdly, PCL:YV scores would be positively correlated with the severity of the index crime, as measured by the Cormier-Lang System for Quantifying Criminal History.Methods Information was collected from the files of 40 young men in conflict with the law, and the PCL:Youth Version (YV) rated from this by trained raters.Results The offences of these young men became more serious over time, but we found no association between PCL:YV scores and offence type or seriousness.Conclusions and implications This exploratory research suggests the importance of understanding the progression in offending careers, but a limited role for the PCL:YV in doing so. Given the small sample size, however, and the limit on access to information about details of age, the findings need replication. <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0957-9664",
doi="10.1002/cbm.735",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.735"
}