Open AccessPsychopathy Predicting Violent Criminal Behaviour among Adult Offenders
Author(s) -
Sonia Shagufta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2665-4202
pISSN - 1900-2386
DOI - 10.21500/19002386.4316
Subject(s) - psychopathy , egocentrism , psychology , logistic regression , antisocial personality disorder , khyber pakhtunkhwa , population , homicide , criminology , developmental psychology , personality , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , social psychology , demography , medicine , medical emergency , socioeconomics , sociology
The aim of the present research was to examine the role of psychopathy in predicting violent offending within a sample of adult criminal inmates from the prisons of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan (KPK). T-test and logistic regression was used to analyse the data. Logistic regression analysis revealed that a higher level of egocentricity and a higher level of antisocial behaviour predict a greater probability of committing violent offence. These findings provide important implications for future research in Pakistan, specifically concerning psychopathy as a risk factor for criminal and violent behaviour. The present findings will help to inform legal decisions as to whether inmates should be incarcerated as violent criminals or non-violent criminals. The conclusions of the present research are limited to incarcerated adult male offenders only; therefore, the present study remains unable to reflect the development of psychopathy in either females or the general population.
Keywords: Antisocial, Egocentricity, Incarcerated, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Psychopathy