A Therapeutic Community (TC) treatment program for adult male offenders is summarized
and treatment outcome data are discussed. Psychopaths showed less clinical improvement, …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate and risk of clinical and personality disorders diagnosed
in childhood and adulthood in those known to have been sexually abused during childhood. …

This study examined the predictive validity of the HCR–20 (Historical, Clinical, and Risk
Management) violence risk assessment scheme and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening …

Psychopathy has traditionally been characterised as a disorder primarily of personality (particularly
affective deficits) and, to a lesser extent, behaviour. Although often used …

OBJECTIVE: This study tested the interrater reliability and criterion-related validity of structured
violence risk judgments made by using one application of the structured professional …

The risk–needs–responsivity model of offender assessment and rehabilitation has received
considerable research attention and has been a leading factor in the offender-rehabilitation …

Personality measures of maladaptive behavior often target the notion of impulsivity, which
broadly refers to rapid and ill-considered conduct. The underlying cause of impulsive behavior…

Considerable research has attempted to delineate the demographic and clinical characteristics
of high‐risk psychiatric patients and identify salient modifiable aspects of aggression …

This study evaluated the predictive validity of violence risk assessments conducted using
the HCR‐20, the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV), and by the Violence …

Context The evidence for an association between child sexual abuse and subsequently
developing psychotic disorders, including the schizophrenias, remains inconclusive. Objective …