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    Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy in women: A literature review on the reliability and validity of assessment instruments

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    Vollm, Birgit A.
    Keyword
    Antisocial personality disorder
    Criminal behaviour
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    Date
    2009
    
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    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.11.002
    Publisher's URL
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252708001374
    Abstract
    Crime rates are low in women compared to men. The two disorders most commonly associated with offending behaviour, antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and psychopathy, are also less prevalent in female samples. However, developments in forensic psychiatry have often ignored gender, and the utility of constructs such as psychopathy and their assessment instruments in female samples remains unclear. This article presents a review of studies looking at rates of ASPD and psychopathy and on the reliability and validity of assessment instruments of these disorders in women. Gender differences in symptom patterns will be considered. The literature seems to suggest that DSM-IV criteria for ASPD may lead to an underestimation of the prevalence of the disorder in women due to the requirement of childhood conduct disorder symptoms. The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is a valid and reliable instrument to identify psychopathy in women but there are gender differences in the factor structure and item loadings on this measure. Research to date seems to suggest a three-factor model may be most strongly supported in females. Preliminary evidence suggests the PCL-R may have some value in predicting future offending while the PCL:SV may be useful in predicting institutional violence. Clinical implications are discussed.
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    Dolan, M. & Vollm, B. A. (2009). Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy in women: A literature review on the reliability and validity of assessment instruments. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 32 (1), pp.2-9.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/9593
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