A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

Sohn, Ji Seun; Raine, Adrian; Hong, Young-Oh

doi:10.1177/10887679211028879

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“…The analyses have demonstrated that Spanish perpetrators of femicide presented an average score in psychopathy of 14.4 points, which is a score similar to that found by other homicide [57] and femicide studies [22,59]. When taking into account the total score for classifying the killers of women as psychopaths or not, if the European cutoff point (25 points) is used, the percentage of subjects considered to be psychopaths ascends to 13.4%, but upon raising the cutoff point to 30, just 3 subjects (3.1%) could be considered psychopaths.…”

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“…In this regard, the same study concluded that there may be individuals with high psychopathy scores involved in reactive homicides, but that this was not just due to an inability to anticipate the consequences, but rather that they may simply not attempt to suppress their violent behavior. Recently, Sohn et al [57] studied the relationship between psychopathy and homicide in a sample of 457 offenders convicted of homicide in South Korea. The subjects in the sample had a mean PCL-R score of 12.3 (median = 11).…”

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“…Studies have also found a relationship between psychopathy and homicide [56,57]. The recent meta‐analysis carried out by Fox and DeLisi [56] found a large effect size for the relationship between psychopathy and homicide (0.68); this effect size grew as the type of homicide was more violent (sexual homicide = 0.71; serial homicide = 0.74; sadistic homicide = 0.78; and multi‐offender homicide = 0.80).…”

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Psychopathic femicide: The influence of psychopathy on intimate partner homicide

Santos-Hermoso

Álvarez

López-Ossorio

et al. 2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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High scores in psychopathy were associated with acts of violence, and the prevalence of this condition is greater among the prison population than among the general population.In terms of its relation to femicide, two studies, one carried out in Sweden and another in Spain with a prison population, found that psychopathy is an uncommon condition among perpetrators of femicide. This study analyzes 97 cases of femicide in the whole of Spain, in which it was possible to evaluate the degree of psychopathy of the perpetrators using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R). The scores are analyzed not only directly, but also in terms of Factors and Facets. The results show an average in the total score of the PCL-R of 14.4, with only 13 subjects (13.4%) presenting scores of 25 or more, and just 3 (3.1%) of these presenting scores of 30 or higher. It was found that, in general, high scores in psychopathy are associated with shorter relationships and less time between the first complaint, the breakup, and the femicide. What is more, characteristics of the victims, such as addiction to toxic substances or economic dependency, also demonstrated a relationship to the scores of the perpetrators of femicide in the PCL-R. Lastly, it was found that the scores in the different dimensions of psychopathy are associated with different types of violence, whereby there was a noteworthy difference between the most explicit violence and control exercised over the partner. K E Y W O R D Sfemicide, intimate partner violence, psychopathy, psychopathy checklist-revised Highlights• Psychopathy is a rare condition among perpetrators of femicides in Spain.• 13 subjects (13.4%) presented scores of 25 or more and just 3 (3.1%) of these presenting scores of 30 or higher.• High scores in psychopathy correlate with shorter romantic relationships.• Femicides with high scores in Factor 1 develop a pattern of physical violence to resolve conflicts.• In femicides with high scores in Factor 2, psychological control may be more reactive than instrumental.

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Section: Homicide Femicide and Psychopathymentioning

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Psychopathic femicide: The influence of psychopathy on intimate partner homicide

Santos-Hermoso

Álvarez

López-Ossorio

et al. 2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…However, given that most research in forensic settings has focused on broad measures of crime (i.e., violent vs. non‐violent) and recidivism, less is known as to whether psychopathy shows more specific associations with different types of offending. In particular, while studies have examined the role of psychopathy in relation to certain crimes such as homicide (Fox & Delisi, 2019; Sohn et al., 2022), most research does not examine psychopathy's differential associations with varied offence categories (e.g. theft; driving offences) within the same study.…”

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The relationship between psychopathy facets and types of criminal offences

McCarthy,

Fox,

Verona

2024

Journal Invest Psychology

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The Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL‐R) is a widely used measurement of psychopathy comprising interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, and antisocial facets representing narrow‐band characteristics associated with the construct. However, there is little research on whether the distinct facets of psychopathy show specialised relationships with different types of criminal offences. The PCL‐R was administered to 138 adults incarcerated at a county jail. Arrests were coded into broad categories (i.e., crimes against persons, property or society), as well as for specific offence types (e.g. burglary, assault) using US crime definitions. Zero‐order correlations and zero‐inflated regression models showed significant relationships between: the lifestyle facet and property and societal crimes, mainly drug offences; the affective facet and crimes against persons; and the antisocial facet with all three major crime categories, as well as burglary, motor vehicle theft, robbery and assault. Overall, these results indicate that the PCL‐R facets offer unique information about specific forms of criminal behaviour.

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