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ERIC Number: EJ690502
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0886-2605
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Psychopathy, Treatment Change, and Recidivism in High-Risk, High-Need Sexual Offenders
Looman, Jan; Abracen, Jeffrey; Serin, Ralph; Marquis, Peter
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v20 n5 p549-568 May 2005
The present study investigated 154 consecutive admissions to the Regional Treatment Center (Ontario) Sex Offender Treatment Program with reference to psychopathy and outcome. Ratings of treatment behavior, as well as clinical judgments as to whether risk was reduced, were coded based on treatment reports. With reference to Psychopathy Checklist-revised (PCL-R) scores, survival analyses indicated that high scorers recidivated at significantly higher rates than low scorers. However, offenders who received high PCL-R scores and lower scores on measures of treatment behavior recidivated at the same rate as low scorers on the PCL-R. Furthermore, among high PCL-R offenders, those rated as lower risk at post treatment in fact reoffended at a lower rate than those whose risk was rated as unchanged, although this difference failed to reach significance. Findings are discussed in light of the clinical and research literature.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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