Abstract

Several studies found that psychopathy is an important predictor of general reoffending/recidivism. However, these conclusions are often based on male samples. This study analyzes the association between psychopathic traits and the four facets of psychopathy (i.e., interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial) and general reoffending among incarcerated women. The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) was applied to a sample of 63 incarcerated women from Portugal who were retrospectively classified as committed repeated versus first-time offenses. Two separate binary logistic regression analyses were conducted, controlling for age and criminal variables. PCL-R total scores did not postdict reoffending, but sentence length did. As for the four facets, only PCL-R antisocial facet postdicted reoffending. Sentence length was also negatively associated with reoffending. Despite the relationship between PCL-R antisocial facet and general reoffending, results raise some questions regarding the applicability of psychopathy construct in the prediction of reoffending among women.

摘要

几项研究发现，精神病是一般再犯罪/累犯的重要预测因素。然而，这些结论往往是基于男性样本。本研究分析了精神病态特征与精神病态的四个方面（即人际关系、情感、生活方式、反社会）和被监禁妇女的一般再犯罪之间的关联。精神病检查表修订版 (PCL-R) 应用于来自葡萄牙的 63 名被监禁妇女的样本，这些妇女被回顾性地归类为重复犯罪和首次犯罪。进行了两个单独的二元逻辑回归分析，控制了年龄和犯罪变量。PCL-R 总分没有事后再犯，但句子长度有。至于四个方面，只有 PCL-R 反社会方面预测再犯罪。刑期长度也与重犯负相关。尽管 PCL-R 反社会方面与一般再犯罪之间存在关系，但结果提出了一些关于精神病结构在预测女性再犯罪中的适用性的问题。