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Historical Risk Factors - ✔Risk factors that refer to events that have been experienced in
the past (e.g., age at first arrest). Also known as static risk factors
- past behavior
-age of onset
-childhood history of maltreatment
dispositional risk factors - ✔Risk factors that reflect the individual's traits, tendencies, or
styles (e.g., negative attitudes)
- demographics
personality and attitudinal characteristics
clinical risk factors - ✔Types and symptoms of mental disorders (e.g., substance abuse)
-substance use
-mental disorder
contextual risk factors - ✔Risk factors that refer to aspects of the current environment
(e.g., access to victims or weapons). Sometimes called situational risk factors
-lack of social support: 4 types of support; instrumental, emotional, appraisal, information
-access to weapons or victims
,women and crime - ✔more likely to target family members, receive conditional releases at
a higher rate, childhood victimization is more prevalent, female offenders are more likely
than males to have a serious mental health disorder
Indigenous offenders - ✔indigenous scored higher on risk factors than control but
culturally relevant risk factors pertaining to indigenous peoples provide a more accurate
estimation of risk
protective factors - ✔Factors that mitigate or reduce the likelihood of a negative
outcome (e.g., delinquency, aggression)
- professional support, social network, structured group activities, goal-directed living, hopeful
or persistent attitude
desistance - ✔The process of ceasing to engage in criminal behaviour
psychopathy - ✔A personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective,
and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse or empathy,
impulsivity, and antisocial behaviours
Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised - ✔The most popular rater-based method of
assessing psychopathy in adults
2 correlated factors found from PCL-R - ✔1. a combination of interpersonal and affective traits
2. a combination of unstable and socially deviant traits
3 factor model of psychopathy - ✔1) arrogant and deceitful interpersonal style
2) deficient affective experience
3) impulsive and irresponsible behavioural style
, advantages of self report for psychopathy - ✔1. able to measure attitudes and emotions
not easily observed by others
2. easy to administer and quick to score
3. not necessary to worry about interrater reliability since only the individual is completing
the score
Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised - ✔A self-report measure of psychopathic traits
Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - ✔A self-report measure of psychopathic traits
antisocial personality disorder - ✔a personality disorder characterized by a history of
behavior in which the rights of others are violated
sociopathy - ✔A label used to describe a person whose psychopathic traits are assumed to
be due to environmental factors
8 characteristics of male psychopaths in heterosexual relationships - ✔1. talking the victim
into victimization
2. lying
3. economic abuse
4. emotional abuse
5. multiple infidelities
6. isolation and coercion
7. assault
8. mistreatment of children
strategies used by psychopaths when dealing with police - ✔1. trying to outwit
the interrogator
2. enjoying being the focus of attention
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