The present article reports on an attempt to import the concept of psychopathy at the
childhood level. Childhood psychopathy was assessed in 430 boys ages 12 and 13 years …

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) …

This book is written for psychotherapists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and
social workers in clinical or forensic practice. Biological foci include concepts about the deep …

Forty‐eight male subjects who met the DSM‐IV (APA, 1994) criteria for conduct disorder
(CD) were assessed for psychopathy level using a modified version of the Psychopathy …

Examines the relative contributions of 3 distinct routes of pathology to violence in a broad
spectirum of mentally ill patients: psychiatric disorder, psychopathic traits, and cognitive …

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This study explored the predictive ability of the construct of psychopathy with adolescents in
a state psychiatric hospital. Because of the growing problem of violence within psychiatric …

Although violence is a familiar concept, a rigorous definition can be elusive. Attempts have
been made in the literature to define and mea-sure aggression, anger, hostility, irritability …

Psychopathic criminals commit more crimes, are more prone to recidivism, and more likely to
engage in violent crimes and other aggressive behavior than nonpsychopathic criminals …

The assessment of risk amongst 80 juveniles with conduct problems in an adolescent
forensic treatment center was investigated in this study to see how differences occur with …