Swogger Marc T, Walsh Zach, Kosson David S
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Crim Justice Behav. 2008;35(12):1484-1499. doi: 10.1177/0093854808324506.
There is evidence that the classification of "psychopath" captures a heterogeneous group of offenders. Although several studies have provided evidence for two distinct psychopath subtypes, these studies have inadequately addressed potentially important ethnic differences. A recent taxonomic study found evidence for primary and secondary psychopath subgroups in a sample of European American offenders (Swogger & Kosson, 2007). The present study used cluster analysis to attempt to replicate those findings in a sample of African American offenders. Results confirm the presence of primary and secondary subtypes in African Americans. However, differences between the clusters obtained in the present and previous studies suggest that caution is warranted in generalizing offender taxonomies across ethnicity.
有证据表明，“精神变态者”的分类涵盖了一群异质性的罪犯。尽管多项研究为两种不同的精神变态者亚型提供了证据，但这些研究并未充分探讨潜在的重要种族差异。最近一项分类学研究在欧裔美国罪犯样本中发现了原发性和继发性精神变态者亚组的证据（Swogger & Kosson，2007）。本研究使用聚类分析试图在非裔美国罪犯样本中重现这些发现。结果证实非裔美国人中存在原发性和继发性亚型。然而，本研究与先前研究中得到的聚类之间的差异表明，在将罪犯分类法推广到不同种族时应谨慎行事。
