Predicting criminal justice outcomes with the Psychopathy Checklist and Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form: a meta-analytic comparison

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• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 84 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/bsl.519

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Studies that have used either the Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL‐R) or the Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form (LCSF) to predict criminal justice outcomes (disciplinary adjustment and recidivism) were subjected to meta‐analysis and compared. Analogous results were obtained with the PCL‐R and LCSF even though the PCL‐R takes 2–3 hours and the LCSF 10 minutes to complete. It is concluded that pending further evaluation in which these assessment measures are directly compared, the cost‐effectiveness of the LCSF makes it an attractive alternative to the PCL‐R in situations where risk of future offender disciplinary maladjustment or recidivism is of principal concern. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.