TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - A prospective study on self-reported psychopathy and criminal recidivism among incarcerated male juvenile offenders
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Pechorro, Pedro
A1  - Seto, Michael C.
A1  - Ray, James V.
A1  - Alberto, Isabel
A1  - Simões, Mário R.
SP  - 306624X19849569
EP  - 306624X19849569
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The present study examines the utility of three self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among a sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders. Participants ( N = 214, M = 16.40 years, SD = 1.29 years) from seven Portuguese juvenile detention centers were followed and prospectively classified as recidivists versus non-recidivists. Area under the curve (AUC) analysis revealed that the Antisocial Process Screening Device-Self-Report (APSD-SR) presented the best performance in terms of predicting general recidivism, with the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) and the Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale-Self-Report (CATS-SR) presenting much poorer results. However, logistic regression models controlling for past frequency of crimes and age of first incarceration found that none of these self-report measures significantly predicted 1- or 3-year recidivism, whether general or violent. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest there are limitations in terms of the incremental utility of self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among juveniles.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19849569
ID  - ref1
ER  -