Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents

Pechorro, Pedro; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; Marôco, João; Nunes, Cristina; Jesus, Saúl Neves de

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“…This means that even among sexual offenders characterized by considerable ACEs and deviant sexual behaviors, the enduring risk posed by their arrest history and initiation of that arrest history was more strongly associated with the most serious forms of criminal violence. The association between early age of arrest onset and serious criminal violence is consistent with prior studies (Pechorro, Gonçalves, Marôco, Nunes, and Jesus, 2014;Pechorro, Maroco, Gonçalves, Nunes, and Jesus, 2014;Torok et al, 2012;Trojan and Salfati, 2016).…”

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Adverse childhood experiences, paraphilias, and serious criminal violence among federal sex offenders

Drury¹,

Heinrichs²,

Elbert³

et al. 2017

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Purpose Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a broad conceptual framework in the social sciences that have only recently been studied within criminology. The purpose of this paper is to utilize this framework by applying it to one of the most potentially dangerous forensic populations. Design/methodology/approach Archival data from 225 federal sex offenders was used to perform descriptive, correlational, and negative binomial regression models. Findings There was substantial evidence of ACEs including father abandonment/neglect (36 percent), physical abuse (nearly 28 percent), verbal/emotional abuse (more than 24 percent), and sexual abuse (approximately 27 percent). The mean age of sexual victimization was 7.6 years with the youngest age of victimization occurring at the age of 3. Offenders averaged nearly five paraphilias, the most common were pedophilia (57 percent), pornography addiction (43 percent), paraphilia not otherwise specified (35 percent), exhibitionism (26 percent), and voyeurism (21 percent). The offenders averaged 4.7 paraphilias and the range was substantial (0 to 19). Negative binomial regression models indicated that sexual sadism was positively and pornography addiction was negatively associated with serious criminal violence. Offenders with early age of arrest onset and more total arrest charges were more likely to perpetrate kidnaping, rape, and murder. Originality/value ACEs are common in the life history of federal sex offenders, but have differential associations with the most serious forms of crime.

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confidence: 89%

Adverse childhood experiences, paraphilias, and serious criminal violence among federal sex offenders

Drury¹,

Heinrichs²,

Elbert³

et al. 2017

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“…The correlations of the PCL:YV total score, the three-factor model and its dimensions with criminal variables revealed mostly the existence of moderate-low negative associations with age of crime onset, and the existence of moderate-low positive associations with the frequency of crimes, the number of victims, and the use of physical violence, with the exceptions of the Interpersonal and the Affective dimensions which revealed mostly non-significant correlations. Negative associations between psychopathy scores and the age of crime onset have been consistently reported in the literature (e.g., Brandt cited in Forth et al, 2003;Bauer cited in Forth et al, 2003;Pechorro, Gonçalves, Marôco, Nunes, & Jesus, 2013), although the one we obtained was somewhat lower but still statistically significant. Positive associations between PCL:YV scores similar to the ones we obtained have been consistently reported in the literature (e.g., Forth et al, 2003;Marshall et al, 2006).…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathy Checklist

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Barroso

Marôco

et al. 2014

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The main aim of the present study was to examine some psychometric properties of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) among Portuguese juvenile delinquents. With forensic sample of 192 incarcerated male participants, the Portuguese version of the PCL:YV demonstrated promising psychometric properties of the three-factor model of youth psychopathy, internal consistency, convergent validity, concurrent validity, and retrospective validity that generally justify its use among Portuguese youths. Statistically significant associations were found with age of criminal onset, frequency of crimes, number of victims, and use of physical violence.

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“…Pechorro et al . found that younger age of crime onset was closely associated with psychopathic-traits 33 , but Males and Brown argued that the association of violence with young age was probably mediated by poverty amongst youth 32 . The close relationship between socioeconomic background and violence has been frequently reported across different areas and ethnic races 19 .…”

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Association between schizophrenia and violence among Chinese female offenders

Wang

Chun

Lee

et al. 2017

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Little is known about the association between schizophrenia and violence in women in China. This study aimed to examine the association between schizophrenia and violence in Chinese female offenders. Fifty-two schizophrenia patients were identified from the female offenders who received forensic psychiatric assessments in 2011 in Hunan province, China. Using a propensity score matching method, 104 matched controls without psychiatric disorders were selected from female criminals in Hunan province. Violent offences and homicides were verified and recorded. The percentages of violent offences and homicides were significantly higher in female offenders with schizophrenia than in controls (78.8% vs. 30.8%, P < 0.001; 44.2% vs. 18.3%, P = 0.001, respectively). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that diagnosis of schizophrenia, younger age at first offence, living in rural area and a lower education level were independently and positively associated with violent offences, while having a diagnosis of schizophrenia and lower education level were associated with homicides. There appears to be an independent and positive association between schizophrenia and violent offence in Chinese female offenders. Effective preventive approaches on violence in female schizophrenia patients are warranted.

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Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents

Cited by 17 publications

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Adverse childhood experiences, paraphilias, and serious criminal violence among federal sex offenders

Adverse childhood experiences, paraphilias, and serious criminal violence among federal sex offenders

Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathy Checklist

Association between schizophrenia and violence among Chinese female offenders

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