Crime rates are low in women compared to men. The two disorders most commonly
associated with offending behaviour, antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Psychopathy
Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) for use with a female population. Seventy-five women who were …

Despite a flurry of studies examining psychopathy in women, and the recent release of the
second version of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised manual, there is still little …

The clear conceptualization and measurement of the construct of psychopathy comprised
one of the most important and influential developments in the forensic field in the twentieth …

The authors examined the construct of psychopathy as applied to 103 female offenders,
using the multitrait–multimethod matrix proposed by DT Campbell and DW Fiske (1959) …

The reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL–R) was examined in
a sample of 528 nonpsychotic female offenders participating in a study assessing the …

abstract Gender differences were explored in PCL-R codings and the manifestation of
psychopathy in 197 female and 197 male patients admitted between 1984 and 2013 to one …

The construct of psychopathy is essential in explaining criminal behavior, but unfortunately
the empirical research on psychopathy in women has been inconsistent. In this study the …

Despite a plethora of studies investigating psychopathy among male offenders, little is
known about the applicability of this construct to female populations. Research has shown …

Background: The base rate and construct of psychopathy in violent female offenders were
examined. Sampling and Methods: More than half of all violent female offenders in Finland …