Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-0-378918 |
Author: | Endrass, Jérôme; Rossegger, Astrid; Urbaniok, Frank; Laubacher, Arja; Vetter, Stefan |
Year of publication: | 2008 |
Published in: | BMC Psychiatry ; 8 (2008). - 74. - eISSN 1471-244X |
Pubmed ID: | 18778472 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-8-74 |
Summary: |
Background
Research conducted with forensic psychiatric patients found moderate correlations between violence in institutions and psychopathy. It is unclear though, whether the PCL-R is an accurate instrument for predicting aggressive behavior in prisons. Results seem to indicate that the instrument is better suited for predicting verbal rather than physical aggression of prison inmates. Methods PCL-R scores were assessed for a sample of 113 imprisoned sex and violent offenders in Switzerland. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate physical and verbal aggression as a function of the PCL-R sum score. Additionally, stratified analyses were conducted for Factor 1 and 2. Infractions were analyzed as to their motives and consequences. Results The mean score of the PCL-R was 12 points. Neither the relationship between physical aggression and the sum score of the PCL-R, nor the relationship between physical aggression and either of the two factors of the PCL-R were significant. Both the sum score and Factor 1 predicted the occurrence of verbal aggression (AUC = 0.70 and 0.69), while Factor 2 did not. Conclusion Possible explanations are discussed for the weak relationship between PCL-R scores and physically aggressive behavior during imprisonment. Some authors have discussed whether the low base rate of violent infractions can be considered an explanation for the non-significant relation between PCL-R-score and violence. The base rate in this study, however, with 27%, was not low. It is proposed that the distinction between reactive and instrumental motives of institutional violence must be considered when examining the usefulness of the PCL-R in predicting in-prison physical aggressive behavior. |
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
ENDRASS, Jérôme, Astrid ROSSEGGER, Frank URBANIOK, Arja LAUBACHER, Stefan VETTER, 2008. Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary : a replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders. In: BMC Psychiatry. 8, 74. eISSN 1471-244X. Available under: doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-74
@article{Endrass2008-12Predi-38560, title={Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary : a replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders}, year={2008}, doi={10.1186/1471-244X-8-74}, volume={8}, journal={BMC Psychiatry}, author={Endrass, Jérôme and Rossegger, Astrid and Urbaniok, Frank and Laubacher, Arja and Vetter, Stefan}, note={Article Number: 74} }
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