Revisiting the Relationships between Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Facets and Sexual Recidivists versus Nonsexual Recidivists

A Link between Psychopathy Affect and Instrumentality in Homicide

“…The study’s sample mean score is even lower than that of a Korean high-risk offender sample which had an average score of 19.51 (Sohn, Raine, et al, 2020), and which was comparable to the European averages outlined above. In a study (Sohn & Lee, 2021) that used the same sample of Sohn, Raine, et al (2020), however, the psychopathy score of homicide offenders was significantly lower than sex offenders, although both are predatory offenses. It suggests that homicide offenders in South Korea may have lower psychopathic traits compared to killers in other countries or compared with criminals who commit other predatory/instrumental offenses.…”

“…Korean offenders who reconvicted for violent crimes had significantly higher facet 2 scores than those who committed nonviolent crimes (Sohn, Raine, et al, 2020). Furthermore, sexual recidivists scored significantly higher on facet 2 compared to recidivists who committed homicide, robbery, burglary, and misdemeanor (Sohn & Lee, 2021). Another study comparing facet scores between child sex offenders, adult sex offenders, and non-sex offenders reported that child sex offenders scored higher on facet 1 and facet 2 than non-sex offenders.…”

“…Evidence for the role of the affective facet 2 in predicting violent crimes has been found in non-Western violent offenders (Sohn & Lee, 2021; Sohn, Raine, et al, 2020; Sohn, Reyes, et al, 2020). Korean offenders who reconvicted for violent crimes had significantly higher facet 2 scores than those who committed nonviolent crimes (Sohn, Raine, et al, 2020).…”