Abstract
This study proposed that domestic violence perpetrators in a clinical sample could be categorized into distinct subgroups and that a particular subgroup of batterers would exhibit sufficient psychopathic characteristics to be clinically meaningful. Participants were interviewed in order to gather a relevant social, familial, educational, criminal, and substance abuse history. They were then administered several psychological measures including the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV). Results lent support to the empirical batterer typology identified by Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Meehan, J. C., Herron, K., Rehman, U., & Stuart, G. L. (2000). However, despite the presence of a more antisocial subgroup, psychopathy did not consistently differentiate among batterers across the measured dependent variables.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 571-586 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Law and Human Behavior |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Psychology(all)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Law