TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Psychopathy and behavior problems: A comparison of incarcerated male and female juvenile delinquents
JO  - International journal of law and psychiatry
A1  - Pechorro, Pedro Santos
A1  - Vieira, Duarte Nuno
A1  - Poiares, Carlos Alberto
A1  - Vieira, Rui Xavier
A1  - Maroco, João
A1  - Neves, Saul
A1  - Nunes, Cristina
SP  - 18
EP  - 22
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
N2  - The objective of the present study was to compare incarcerated male and female juvenile offenders regarding psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, conduct disorder, self-reported delinquent behavior, and crime seriousness. Within a total forensic sample of 261 detainee participants, subdivided in a male group (n=217) and a female group (n=44), statistically significant differences were found. Female juvenile offenders show less callous-unemotional traits, more emotional symptoms, more prosocial behaviors, less self-reported delinquent behavior, and lower crime seriousness. Conduct disorder prevalence was very high, but no statistically significant gender differences were found. The predictive importance of psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, and conduct disorder for the prediction of group membership (female versus male) was established by binary logistic regression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0160-2527
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.11.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -