Abstract

SHAGUFTA, Sonia. Psychopat hy Predicting Violent Criminal Behaviour among Adult Offenders. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.1, pp.75-83.  Epub Jan 27, 2021. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.4316.

The aim of the present research was to examine the role of psychopathy in predicting violent offending within a sample of adult criminal inmates (N= 342) (M = 48.07, SD = 17.8) from the prisons of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan (KPK). T-test and logistic regression was used to analyse the data. Logistic regression analysis revealed that a higher level of egocentricity and a higher level of antisocial behaviour predict a greater probability of committing violent offence. These findings provide important implications for future research in Pakistan, specifically concerning psychopathy as a risk factor for criminal and violent behaviour. The present findings will help to inform legal decisions as to whether inmates should be incarcerated as violent criminals or non-violent criminals. The conclusions of the present research are limited to incarcerated adult male offenders only; therefore, the present study remains unable to reflect the development of psychopathy in either females or the general population.

Keywords : Antisocial; Egocentricity; Incarcerated; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Psychopathy.

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