PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Hervey M. Cleckley, Psychopathy Checklist, Antisocial Personality Disorder
16 Dec 2013
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Psychopathy checklist-revised included assessment results for vrag and hcr-20. Emil kraepelin founder of modern scientific psychiatry. Psychiatry handbook talks about morally insane: reckless gratification of immediate egotistical desires. Pattern of disregard and violent for right of others antisocial personality. Apd (asp) behavioral patterns based on clinical observation: broad 50-80% of canadian prison inmates meet criteria, 11-25% of inmates meet criteria for psychopathy. Estimated 10-15% of child molesters are psychopaths; 40-50% among rapists. Psychopaths reoffend faster (don"t learn from experience) Violate parole sooner, commit more violence than non-psychopaths. Within 6 years of release, over 89% of sex offender psychopaths recidivated; only. 33% of psychopaths violated parole requirements, only 7% of nonpsychopaths did. Rates also high for psychopathic adolescent offenders who are more likely to: Escape from custody, violate conditions of probation, reoffend within 5 years. Psychopathy checklist one of best predictors for violent reoffending. Assesses robert hare"s statement the remorseless use of others and subsequent irresponsible and antisocial behavior.
