PSYCH 3CC3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Psychopathy, Dangerous Offender, Psychopathy Checklist

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Reviewed cases in expert testified about the three conditions [(psycho/social)pathy, apd] Found that psychopathy has played a role in a diverse range of criminal cases: majority of testimony regarding it associated with an increased severity of disposition. Canada psychopathy and associated constructs used to making sentencing decisions: support transfer from child to adult court, contribute to dangerous offender hearings, help parole hearings, and assess mental state at time of hearings. Us pcl-r also used in sexual violent predator evaluations and death-penalty sentencing. Adversarial allegiance term to described the tendency for forensic experts to be biased towards those who hire them: found that pcl-r scores provided by prosecution experts are higher than those compared to defence experts. Researchers deceived mental health professions, telling some they were consulting for the prosecution and some for defence (showing adversarial allegiance) Psychopathy compatible with criminal lifestyle and violence in particular: so connected that understanding of violence impossible without considering role of psychopathy.

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