Personality features of sexual offenders who committed offences against children

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tineke Dillien ◽  
Inti A. Brazil ◽  
Bernard Sabbe ◽  
Kris Goethals
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Personality Features

Which PCL-R Scores Best Predict Forensic Clinicians’ Opinions of Offender Risk?

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 1404-1419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett O. Gardner ◽  
Marcus T. Boccaccini ◽  
Daniel C. Murrie
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Sexual Recidivism ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist ◽  
Sentencing Decisions ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist Revised ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Risk Judgments

The Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R) is widely used in assessments of violence risk and sexual recidivism risk. Research consistently reveals Factor 2 (Lifestyle/Antisocial Behavior) scores are more reliable and predictive than Factor 1 (Interpersonal/Affective) scores in assessing recidivism risk. Nevertheless, interpersonal-affective offender traits more strongly influence sentencing decisions among mock jurors. We examined PCL-R and Static-99R scores evaluators ( N = 99) assigned to three sexual offenders, and the association between these scores and evaluators’ ratings of offender risk (i.e., likelihood of reoffense). Findings suggest that risk ratings were more strongly associated with the personality features assessed by Factor 1 scores than with the antisocial behaviors assessed by Factor 2 scores, even though research reveals the latter are more relevant to risk. Specifically, evaluator perceptions of interpersonal traits (i.e., Facet 1) emerged as the primary determinant of risk judgments, whereas offenders’ antisocial histories (i.e., Facet 4) were not associated with any judgments.

Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children: The APSAC Study Guides l.

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1150-1150
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson ◽  
Pamela Ramser
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Study Guides

Family Characteristics of Adolescent Violent and Nonviolent Sexual Offenders

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley R. Chapnick ◽  
Charles M. Borduin ◽  
Scott T. Ronis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Family Characteristics

Self-esteem instability and perceptions of personality features

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Enjaian ◽  
Noah Pollock ◽  
Christopher Holden ◽  
Ashton Southard ◽  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Features

Recidivism Among High-Risk Sexual Offenders and a Matched Comparison

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meaghan K. Ferguson ◽  
Jeffrey Abracen ◽  
Jan Looman
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Matched Comparison
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