Psychopathy, emotionality, and offending

Mossière, Annik; Olver, Mark E.; Marche, Tammy A.

doi:10.1080/14789949.2020.1772341

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“…These findings conflict with findings reporting that facet 4 over and above other facets plays an important role in violence among American offenders (Walters & Heibrun, 2010). In Canadian homicide offenders, similarly, facet 4 scores more related to instrumental violence (i.e., planning), whereas facet 2 scores were not significantly related with overall instrumentality (Mossière et al, 2020).…”

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“…Similarly, a study of 82 violent offenders in Belgium found that those committing predatory crimes had higher psychopathy scores compared to those who committing affective crimes (Declercq et al, 2012). Higher PCL-R total scores in 100 Canadian homicide offenders related to instrumentality such as planning and control over the crime (Mossière et al, 2020). The results from 361 sexual homicide offenders in England and Wales suggested that these sexual murderers showed predatory violence (i.e., stalking, returning to the crime scene, etc.)…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The absence of emotion that facet 2 assesses has been observed in predatory murderers (Meloy, 2012) and violent youths who had instrumental motives to gain sex, money, or drugs (Flight & Forth, 2007). Both facet 2 and facet 3 had the strongest predictive abilities for institutional violence among adult homicide offenders (Mossière et al, 2020). In a study of Hong Kong adolescents, proactive aggression related more with affective empathy, and reactive aggression had a strong relationship with somatic/motor empathy (Chen et al, 2021).…”

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A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

2021

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This study tests the hypothesis that psychopathy is more associated with instrumental homicides than mixed and reactive homicides, and explores relationships between Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) facet/item scores and different forms of homicide: instrumental ( n = 130), mixed ( n = 103), and reactive ( n = 219) homicides. Instrumental homicides scored higher on facet 2 ( p < .01) but scored lower on facet 4 ( p < .1) compared to reactive homicides, whereas no facet scores differed between mixed and reactive homicides. Among the items of facet 2 (affective), remorselessness (item 6), and callousness (item 8) were predictive of instrumental homicide.

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A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

2021

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“…The SRP 4:SF yields four facet scores (i.e., interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial), two factor scores (Factor 1: interpersonal, affective; Factor 2: lifestyle, antisocial), and a total score (Mahmut et al, 2011). The SRP 4:SF demonstrates excellent reliability and convergent validity with other measures of psychopathy and external correlates in student, offender, and community samples (Dotterer et al, 2017;Gordts et al, 2017;Mossière et al, 2020;Seara-Cardoso et al, 2020). For this study, the internal consistency of the SRP 4:SF total score was .82.…”

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Working With a Psychopath: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Stewart

Forth

Beaudette

2021

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Having a supervisor with psychopathic characteristics is related to being bullied, poorer job satisfaction, work/family life conflict, financial instability, and distress. To date, all research on corporate psychopathy victims considers how they are negatively impacted rather than potential positive outcomes. In response, this study examined how working with a psychopath impacts posttraumatic growth (PTG). Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this study draws upon the experiences of 285 individuals who have worked with a colleague or supervisor with alleged psychopathic characteristics. Results indicated that approach coping and psychopathic characteristics predicted PTG. Qualitative analyses revealed that the majority of participants used various coping strategies (e.g., emotion-focused), received support (e.g., emotional), and underwent post-experiential growth or learning (e.g., positive personal growth); not all growth/learning was positive, however (e.g., less trusting). Results suggest that cultivating approach-focused coping strategies may enhance PTG following a traumatic event.

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“…Several studies have examined the relation between psychopathy and crime-scene behaviour. For example, Mossière et al (2020) reported that higher psychopathy scores were associated with greater planning and control of the offence and with higher levels of anger during the offence in a sample of 100 offenders. Rodre et al (2019) concluded that the PCL-R F1 was associated with instrumental or sexually motivated homicidal offences in particular.…”

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The relation between psychopathy factors and emotional states prior and during criminal behaviour in a Dutch sample

Keulen-de Vos,

Herzog-Evans,

Benbouriche

2023

JCP

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive value of psychopathy features on crime-related emotional states in forensic male patients with offence histories who were mandated to Dutch clinical care. Design/methodology/approach The study had a retrospective design in which psychopathy features were assessed using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. For each patient, information on the events leading up to the crime and a description of the crime itself were extracted from the hospital record to assess emotional states. These crime-related emotional states were assessed using the mode observation scale. The sample consisted of 175 patients with offence histories. Findings Multiple regression analyses indicated that affective features of psychopathy were a negative predictor for feelings of vulnerability in the events leading up to the crime but not predictive of loneliness. The interpersonal features were predictive of deceit during criminal behaviour. Practical implications This study leads to a better, more nuanced and substantiated understanding of which emotional states play a prominent role in criminal behaviour and how these states are affected by psychopathic traits. This knowledge can influence existing treatment programmes for patients with offence histories. Originality/value Several studies have examined the relationship between emotional states and criminal behaviour and between psychopathy and emotions, but less is known about the predictive relationship between psychopathy features and crime-scene-related emotional states.

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Psychopathy, emotionality, and offending

Cited by 11 publications

References 47 publications

A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

Working With a Psychopath: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?

The relation between psychopathy factors and emotional states prior and during criminal behaviour in a Dutch sample

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