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Psychopathy in Adolescence and Criminal Recidivism in Young Adulthood

Longitudinal Results From a Multiethnic Sample of Youthful Offenders

John F. Edens

Southern Methodist University

Melissa A. Cahill

Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department

Very few studies to date have examined the long-term predictive validity of psychopathy among juveniles. The current study reports general and violent recidivism data for an ethnically heterogeneous sample of male offenders (n = 75) who had been administered the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL: YV) in 1996 when they were on average 16 years of age. Neither total scores nor factor scores of the PCL: YV predicted general or violent reconvictions throughout this time frame. These modest effects underscore recent concerns raised about the utility of psychopathy as a risk factor for future criminality, particularly among multiethnic offender samples.

Key Words: PCL: YV • recidivism • juvenile psychopathy • longitudinal research • ethnicity

Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 1, 57-64 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106290711
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