Routledge International Handbook of Psychopathy and Crime

705 Pages·2018·4.41 MB·English

by  Matt DeLisi

Routledge International
Handbook of
Psychopathy and Crime
For over two centuries, psychopathy has stood as perhaps the most formidable risk factor for
antisocial behavior, crime, and violence. The Routledge International Handbook of Psychopathy and
Crime presents the state-of-the-art on the full landscape of research on antisocial behavior that
employs psychopathy as a central correlate. It is the largest and most comprehensive work of its
kind, and includes contributions from renowned scholars from around the world.
Organized into five distinctive sections, this book covers the etiology of psychopathy;
the measurement of psychopathy; the association between psychopathy and diverse forms
of homicidal and sexual offending, including serial murder, sexual homicide, rape, and child
molestation; criminal careers and psychopathy; and the role of psychopathy in criminal justice
system supervision, including institutional misconduct, noncompliance, and recidivism.
This book is an essential resource for students and researchers in criminology, psychology,
and criminal justice and will be of interest to all those interested in criminal behavior, sexual and
violent crime, forensic psychology, and forensic mental health.
Matt DeLisi is Coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies, Professor in the Department of Sociology,
and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA.

Routledge International
Handbook of
Psychopathy and Crime
Edited by Matt DeLisi
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Names: DeLisi, Matt, editor.
Title: Routledge international handbook of psychopathy and crime /
[edited by] Matt Delisi.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
Series: Routledge international handbooks | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010297 | ISBN 9781138085169 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315111476 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Criminal psychology. | Criminology. | Forensic psychology. |
Criminal justice, Administration of—Psychological aspects.
Classification: LCC HV6080 .R76 2019 | DDC 364.3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010297
ISBN: 978-1-138-08516-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-11147-6 (ebk)
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Contents
List of figures ix
List of tables x
List of contributors xi
Acknowledgments xvii
PART I
Etiology of psychopathy 1
1 Psychopathy and crime are inextricably linked 3
Matt DeLisi
2 Tracing the effect of psychopathy on future offending
through two layers of proactive criminal thinking 13
Glenn D. Walters
3 Structural models of personality and psychopathy 28
Donald R. Lynam and Joshua D. Miller
4 Psychopathy and empathy 46
Michael J. Vitacco, David A. Lishner, Jeremy G. Gay, and Amanda Trice
5 Psychopathy and emotion regulation: taking stock and moving forward 58
Carlo Garofalo and Craig S. Neumann
6 Callous–unemotional traits: relevance and implications for
juvenile justice 80
James V. Ray and Tina D. Wall Myers
7 Neurogenetics approaches to understanding psychopathy 95
Laura Murray, Hailey L. Dotterer, Rebecca Waller, and Luke W. Hyde
8 The neural basis of psychopathy 121
Shichun Ling, Rebecca Umbach, and Adrian Raine
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9 The intergenerational transmission of psychopathy 136
Katherine M. Auty
10 Neurological profiles of psychopathy: a neurodevelopmental perspective 154
Yu Gao
11 Childhood and adolescent psychopathy 166
Olivier F. Colins and Henrik Andershed
PART II
Measurement of psychopathy 185
12 The Elemental Psychopathy Assessment 187
Brandon Weiss, Donald R. Lynam, and Joshua D. Miller
13 Key findings and operational lessons in the measurement of
psychopathy within the incarcerated serious and violent young
offender study 203
Raymond R. Corrado and Evan McCuish
14 Psychopathic Personality Traits Model (PPTM): a new approach
to defining psychopathy 216
Daniel Boduszek, Agata Debowska, and Dominic Willmott
15 The PCL–R family of psychopathy measures: dimensionality and
predictive utility of the PCL–R, PCL: SV, PCL: YV, SRP–III,
and SRP–SF 225
Agata Debowska, Daniel Boduszek, and Russell Woodfield
16 The triarchic psychopathy model: theory and measurement 241
Martin Sellbom
17 The triarchic model of psychopathy among incarcerated male
youths: a psychometric study 265
Pedro Pechorro, Matt DeLisi, Isabel Alberto, James V. Ray,
and Mário R. Simões
PART III
Homicide, sexual offending, and psychopathy 277
18 Psychopathy and homicide 279
Bryanna Fox
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19 The perpetual influence of dark traits on alienists 301
Enzo Yaksic
20 Psychopathy among juvenile homicide offenders 319
Jonathan W. Caudill and Henriikka Weir
21 Psychopathy and sexual aggression: a review of empirical research 334
Jesse Cale and Melanie Burton
22 Sadism, psychopathy, and sexual offending 351
Sonja Krstic, Nicholas Longpré, Raymond Knight, and Carrie Robertson
23 Psychopathy and sexual offending 359
Vincent Egan and Simon Duff
24 Psychopathy and sexuality: impersonal and exploitive 371
Beth A. Visser
25 Psychopathy and sexual assault 382
Eric Beauregard and Kylie Reale
26 The psychopathic–sexually sadistic offender 398
Shayne Jones and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan
27 Psychopathy and sexual violence 413
Steven M. Gillespie, Luna C. M. Centifanti, and Gayle Brewer
PART IV
Criminal careers, comorbidities, and psychopathy 427
28 Juvenile psychopathy and juvenile delinquency 429
Laura López-Romero and Estrella Romero
29 Psychopathy and offending trajectories 447
Evan McCuish
30 Psychopathic narcissism and antisocial behavior 462
Shari R. Reiter, Christopher T. Barry, and Julie R. Odom-Dixon
31 Developmental pathways to adolescent callous–unemotional traits:
the role of environmental adversity, symptoms of borderline
personality, and post-traumatic disorders 478
Edward D. Barker and Alan J. Meehan
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32 Psychopathic traits and substance use: co-occurrence and
overlapping etiological pathways 493
Edelyn Verona, Amy Hoffmann, and Bethany Edwards
33 Psychopathy and violent crime 508
Nicholas D. Thomson
34 The severe 5 percent and psychopathy 526
Michael G. Vaughn, Brandy R. Maynard, Christopher P. Salas-Wright,
and Matt DeLisi
35 Examining the relationship between suicidal behavior and
psychopathic traits through the lens of the interpersonal–
psychological theory of suicide 544
Katie Dhingra, Sofia Persson, and Marc T. Swogger
36 Psychopathic traits and conduct problems predicting bullying and
victimization: testing unique and interactive associations 559
Kostas A. Fanti
PART V
The criminal justice system and psychopathy 577
37 Psychopathy among juvenile justice system-involved youth 579
Michael T. Baglivio
38 Psychopathy and sex offender recidivism 598
Mark E. Olver
39 The treatment of psychopathy 610
Devon Polaschek
40 Psychopathy: an obscure public health issue 635
Dennis E. Reidy and Kristin M. Holland
41 Psychopathy in the courts 645
David DeMatteo, Daniel C. Murrie, John F. Edens, and Claire Lankford
42 Psychopathy and risk assessment 665
Mark E. Olver and Stephen C. P. Wong
Index 684
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Figures
1.1 Elemental characteristics of antisocial behavior/crime 4
1.2 Elemental characteristics of psychopathy 5
2.1 Maximum likelihood path analysis of Wave 1 proactive criminal thinking,
Wave 2 superoptimism, and Wave 3 proactive criminal thinking as
mediators of the PCL: YV–offending relationship 21
2.2 Maximum likelihood path analysis of Wave 1 superoptimism, Wave 2
proactive criminal thinking, and Wave 3 superoptimism as mediators
of the PCL: YV–offending relationship. 22
7.1 IG × E interaction model of psychopathy 109
8.1 PCL–R assessment diagram 122
14.1 The Psychopathic Personality Traits Model (PPTM) 219
31.1 Hypothesized correlations among domains in the development of CU
(panel A) and hypothesized dynamic cascade model of the development
of CU (panel B) 481
31.2 Dynamic cascade model (panel A) and testing sex differences (panel B) 486
31.3 Exploratory dynamic cascade model – sex differences in BPD symptoms 488
36.1 The interaction between CU traits and narcissism predicting Year 2
bullying when impulsivity is at high and low levels 567
36.2 The interaction between CU traits and narcissism predicting Year 2
bullying when CPs are at high and low levels 568
36.3 The interaction between CP and CU traits predicting Year 2 victimization 569
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