TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The use of a screening device to assess psychopathy in young offenders
JO  - Spanish journal of psychology
A1  - Silva, Teresa
A1  - Garrido, Genovés Vicente
A1  - López Latorre, M. José
SP  - 724
EP  - 735
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - The aim of this research was to determine to what extent a psychopath screening device (the APSD) is useful in forensic assessments to predict general and violent offending. For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was done and 238 young people serving a sentence were assessed. The gold standard instrument used to measure psychopathy was the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson & Hare, 2003). The results indicate that the association found between the screening device scores and several indicators of risk is low if compared with those obtained with the PCL:YV, suggesting that it is less useful as a tool in order to predict offending or violent offences. However, an Area Under the Curve of .784 and a validity index of 62.5 support its use as a screening device or as a preliminary approach to assess psychopathy in this population. The usefulness of this instrument to make assessments with young people in the forensic setting is discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1138-7416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -