Vincent Gina M, Odgers Candice L, McCormick Amanda V, Corrado Raymond R
Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2008 Jun-Jul;31(3):287-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.012. Epub 2008 Jun 5.
Adolescents, and most recently, adolescent females, have emerged as an important population in violence risk assessment and have sparked a debate regarding the downward and gendered extension of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). This article evaluates the differential prediction of the three and four-factor models of the PCL:YV for male (n=201) and female (n=55) juvenile offenders using a prospective four and one-half year follow-up (M=3 years) study. Both models of the PCL:YV were significant predictors for boys; however, contrary to findings from studies using shorter follow-up periods, the predictive power was due primarily to the behavioral features of psychopathy. The PCL:YV was not a significant predictor of non-violent or violent recidivism for girls. This study does not lend support for the use of the PCL:YV as a risk factor for girl offenders. More research is needed to understand the application of the psychopathy construct in youth, particularly in girls.
青少年，尤其是近年来的青少年女性，已成为暴力风险评估中的重要群体，并引发了一场关于《精神病态核查表：青少年版》（PCL:YV）向下延伸及按性别适用的辩论。本文通过一项为期四年半（平均3年）的前瞻性随访研究，评估了PCL:YV的三因素模型和四因素模型对201名男性和55名女性少年犯的差异预测能力。PCL:YV的两种模型对男孩都是显著的预测指标；然而，与使用较短随访期的研究结果相反，其预测能力主要归因于精神病态的行为特征。PCL:YV对女孩的非暴力或暴力再犯不是一个显著的预测指标。本研究不支持将PCL:YV用作女性罪犯的风险因素。需要更多研究来了解精神病态结构在青少年中的应用，尤其是在女孩中的应用。
