Psychopathy Predicting Violent Criminal Behaviour among Adult Offenders
| Autor | Sonia shagufta |
| Cargo | PhD in Forensic Psychology From University of Huddersfield United Kingdom. Assistant Professor Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University. E-mail: onia.shagufta@sbbwu.edu.pk. orcid.org/0000-0001-5763-2226. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| Páginas | 75-83 |
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PSYCHOPATHY AND PREDICTING VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
| PSYCHOL. | BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA | VOL. 14 | N.° 1 | P. 75-83 |ENERO - JUNIO | 2020 | ISSN 1900-2386 |
ARTÍCULO DE INVESTIGACIÓN
pSyChOpAThy pREDICTING VIOLENT CRImINAL
bEhAVIOUR AmONG ADULT OffENDERS
pSICOpATÍA y pREDICCIÓN DEL COmpORTAmIENTO VIOLENTO CRImINAL EN
RECLUSOS ADULTOS
SONIA SHAGUFTA1
SHAHEED BENAZIR BHUTTO WOMEN UNIVERSITY, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
fEChA RECEpCIÓN: 4/10/2019 • fEChA ACEpTACIÓN: 12/2/2020
Para citar este artículo: Shagufta, S. (2020). Psychopathy Predicting Violent Criminal Behaviour among Adult Offenders. Psychologia,
14(1), 75-83 doi: 10.21500/19002386.4316
Abstract
The aim of the present research was to examine the role of psychopathy in predicting violent offending within
a sample of adult criminal inmates (N= 342) (M = 48.07, SD = 17.8) 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
Resumen
El objetivo de la presente investigación fue examinar el papel de la psicopatía en la predicción de delitos violen-
tos dentro de una muestra de reclusos adultos (N = 342) de las prisiones de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistán (KPK).
La prueba T y la regresión logística se utilizaron para analizar los datos. El análisis de regresión logística reveló que
un mayor nivel de egocentricidad y un mayor nivel de comportamiento antisocial predicen una mayor probabilidad
1 PhD in Forensic Psychology From University of Huddersfield United Kingdom. Assistant Professor Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University. E-mail:
onia.shagufta@sbbwu.edu.pk. orcid.org/0000-0001-5763-2226
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