TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Statement of concerned experts on the use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist--Revised in capital sentencing to assess risk for institutional violence
JO  - Psychology, public policy, and law
A1  - DeMatteo, David
A1  - Hart, Stephen D.
A1  - Heilbrun, Kirk
A1  - Boccaccini, Marcus T.
A1  - Cunningham, Mark D.
A1  - Douglas, Kevin S.
A1  - Dvoskin, Joel A.
A1  - Edens, John F.
A1  - Guy, Laura S.
A1  - Murrie, Daniel C.
A1  - Otto, Randy K.
A1  - Packer, Ira K.
A1  - Reidy, Thomas J.
SP  - 133
EP  - 144
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - Psychopathy as measured by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist--Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003) is related to a range of rule-breaking and antisocial behaviors. Given this association, psychopathy has received considerable attention from researchers and legal professionals over the past several decades. Concerns remain, however, about using PCL-R scores to make precise and accurate predictions in certain contexts, including an individual's risk for committing serious violence in high-security custodial facilities. After a brief introduction to psychopathy and the PCL-R, we discuss capital sentencing in the United States and then summarize the empirical literature regarding the ability of PCL-R scores to predict violence, with a particular focus on the PCL-R's ability to predict serious institutional violence. As described, we believe the research demonstrates that the PCL-R cannot precisely or accurately predict an individual's risk for committing serious violence in high-security custodial facilities. Finally, we present a Statement of Concerned Experts that summarizes our findings and opinions, concluding the PCL-R cannot and should not be used to make predictions that an individual will engage in serious institutional violence with any reasonable degree of precision or accuracy, especially when making high-stakes decisions about legal issues such as capital sentencing. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-8971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000223
ID  - ref1
ER  -