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Aggression
Findings from J. Endrass and co-researchers advance knowledge in aggression
November 8th, 2008
According to a study from Zurich, Switzerland, "Research conducted with forensic psychiatric patients found moderate correlations between violence in institutions and psychopathy. It is unclear though, whether the PCL-R is an accurate instrument for predicting aggressive behavior in prisons." "Results seem to indicate that the instrument is better suited for predicting verbal rather than physical aggression of prison inmates. PCL-R scores were assessed for a sample of 113 imprisoned sex and violent offenders in Switzerland. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate physical and verbal aggression as a function of the PCL-R sum score. Additionally, stratified...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-08)
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