| Literature DB >> 17899531 |
Richard Dembo1, Nancy Jainchill, Charles Turner, Chunki Fong, Sarah Farkas, Kristina Childs.
Abstract
We report the results of a study on psychopathy and its correlates among 203 youths incarcerated in residential commitment programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Delaware. Latent class analysis of the psychopathy data identified three classes of youths: low psychopathy, moderate psychopathy, and high psychopathy. Significant differences were found among the three groups in regard to their criminal thinking, delinquency, experience of stressful events, family relationships, and drug use. Conduct disordered, psychopathic youths were the most troubled among the youths studied. Copyright 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17899531 DOI: 10.1002/bsl.784
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Sci Law ISSN: 0735-3936