By Julia Shaw, BBM
https://people.ok.ubc.ca/stporter/P...sychopathy and criminal career trajectory.pdf
"WARNING: Despite psychopathy being one of the most powerful predictors
of violent and nonviolent criminal recidivism (see Douglas, Vincent, &
Edens, 2006; Hare & Neumann, 2008, for reviews),
psychopathic offenders are
2.5 times more likely than nonpsychopathic offenders to be successful in their
applications for conditional release (Porter et al., 2009). One interpretation
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of this is that
the interpersonal skills of psychopaths allow them to successfully
fool and manipulate legal decision makerswith Academy Award–winning
emotional performances (e.g., Porter & Woodworth, 2007; Seto & Barbaree,
1999). As such, during the parole review process, psychopathic offenders may
give the impression that they can be successfully managed in the community
even when recidivism rates suggest otherwise. In order to make informed
decisions,
it is vital for those working with offenders from a legal or clinical
standpoint to be educated on both the nature of fabricated remorse and
emotion (ten Brinke, MacDonald, Porter, & O’Connor, 2011) and the typical
career trajectories of psychopaths"
