Medical Histories of Female Delinquents

Shanok, Shelley S.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1981.01780270097013

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“…In addition, studying psychopathic children provides opportunities to further our general understanding of psychopathy. Research on adult psychopathy is necessarily confounded by the effects of years of drug and alcohol abuse, physical fighting, lost opportunities, and multiple incarcerations (Hare, 1984; Shanok & Lewis, 1981). Because psychopathic adults are more likely to have experienced all of the above, differences between psychopathic and nonpsychopathic individuals cannot be unambiguously interpreted.…”

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Pursuing the psychopath: Capturing the fledgling psychopath in a nomological net.

Lynam¹

1997

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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The present article reports on an attempt to import the concept of psychopathy at the childhood level. Childhood psychopathy was assessed in 430 boys ages 12 and 13 years by using caretaker reports on a translation of an adult psychopathy assessment instrument. A systematic construct validation approach revealed that childhood psychopathy fits into the nomological network surrounding adult psychopathy. Children with psychopathic personalities, like their adult counterparts, were serious and stable offenders, impulsive, and more prone to externalizing than internalizing disorders. Childhood psychopathy also provided incremental validity in predicting serious stable antisocial behavior in adolescence over and above other known predictors and one other classification approach. These results suggest that psychopathy has a childhood manifestation that can be measured reliably. Implications and future directions are outlined.

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Pursuing the psychopath: Capturing the fledgling psychopath in a nomological net.

Lynam¹

1997

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

434

554

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“…[4][5][6] Similarly, retrospective studies have found no differences in the prevalence of OCs experienced by female adolescent offenders and female nonoffenders. 7,8 In contrast, studies of samples from a single birth cohort provide evidence that birth complications and difficulty in the neonatal period are related to impulsivity, and, in combination with some type of family adversity (parental mental disorder, maternal rejection), to aggressive behavior and violent criminality. 4,[9][10][11][12] Furthermore, this evidence suggests that the association between a combination of OCs and adversity and violent crime may only apply to men who presented a stable pattern of conduct problems from childhood onward.…”

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Obstetric Complications, Parenting, and Risk of Criminal Behavior

Hodgins

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McNeil³

2001

Arch Gen Psychiatry

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] One United States (US) study of 1,801 incarcerated young offenders across 39 juvenile correctional facilities found that risk behaviours such as substance abuse, alcohol use, and binge drinking began at younger than nine years for about 20%, alcohol use was almost universal by 15-16 years, and 90% had tried smoking tobacco. 11,12 Interpersonal violence was common with one-quarter requiring medical attention following injuries sustained from fighting.…”

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“…H ealth studies of young offender populations indicate an early engagement in health risk behaviours affecting physical health, poor mental health (particularly among females), suicide attempts, and histories of trauma 1‐10 …”

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