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Article: Predictive Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version for Intramural Behaviour in Violent Offenders-A Prospective Study at a Secure Psychiatric Hospital in Germany
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Objective: To consider the extent to which the presence of psychopathy, as indicated by the psychopathy checklist: screening version (PCL:SV), can predict intramural behaviour in offenders with mental disorders serving compulsory treatment at a German forensic psychiatric hospital.
Method: The PCL:SV was used with 48 offenders detained at a forensic psychiatric hospital in Germany. In a prospective design, objective and subjective measures of behaviour were compared for those identified as high and low scorers on the PCL:SV. Data were obtained from hospital records of disciplinary incidents (objective) and from interviews with case managers and therapists (subjective), according to ...