The prediction of violent and nonviolent criminal behavior in a methadone maintenance population
| Autor: | Gregory B. Bovasso, Megan J. Rutherford, Arthur I. Alterman, John S. Cacciola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male Methadone maintenance media_common.quotation_subject Population Psychopathy Poison control Hostility Empathy Violence Predictive Value of Tests mental disorders medicine Humans Big Five personality traits education media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales education.field_of_study Heroin Dependence Antisocial personality disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Crime medicine.symptom Psychology Methadone Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of personality disorders. 16(4) |
| ISSN: | 0885-579X |
| Popis: | The utility of traits associated with Antisocial Personality Disorder in making risk assessments of violent and nonviolent crimes was examined in 254 subjects sampled from a methadone maintenance population. A factor analysis of a number of baseline measures resulted in five factors measuring hostility, insecure attachment, impaired reality testing, antisocial personality, and empathy. These factors were used in logistic regression analysis to predict charges for violent and nonviolent crimes over a 2-year period. Individuals with high scores on the antisocial personality factor had an increased risk of both violent and nonviolent criminal charges. Individuals with low scores on the empathy factor were at high risk for violent crimes. In an analysis using the factor components rather than the factors, the measures of perspective-taking and a socialization were associated with violent criminal charges, and the measure of psychopathy, but not antisocial behavior, was associated with nonviolent criminal charges. The results support the use of measures of personality traits in addition to measures of a history of antisocial behavior in making violence risk assessments in substance-dependent patients. The DSM construct and diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder may be enhanced by greater emphasis on personality traits associated with antisocial behavior. |
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