Is the PCL-R Really the “Unparalleled” Measure of Offender Risk?

By P. Gendreau, Claire Goggin, P. Smith. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Predictive Validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Ontario Revision on General and Violent Recidivism among Various Offender Groups (2004, methodology): “The LSI-OR predictive correlations with general and violent recidivism correspond closely with the weighted mean correlations that are reported in a large meta-analysis of LSI data from more than 7,300 offenders (.37 and .26, respectively; Gendreau et al., 2002).”
The role and relevance of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in court: A case law survey of U.S. courts (1991-2004). (2006, methodology): “…of attention in the years since this case was decided (e.g., Cunningham & Goldstein, 2003; Cunningham & Reidy, 2002; Edens, Buffington-Vollum, et al., 2005; Edens, Petrila, & Buffington-Vollum, 2001; Gendreau et al., 2002; Guy et al., 2005; Walters, 2003a, 2003b; Walters, Duncan, & Geyer, 2003).”
Offender Risk Assessment (2002, result): “Amore recent review of the predictive validities of the LSI-R and PCL-R found similar results (Gendreau et al., 2002).”
Advances in offender assessment and rehabilitation: Contributions of the risk–needs–responsivity approach (2004, background): “In a recent meta-analysis, the LSI-R produced an average effect size of 0.39 for recidivism and 0.28 for violent recidivism (Gendreau et al. , 2002).”
Predictors of sex offender treatment dropout: psychopathy, sex offender risk, and responsivity implications (2011, unknown): “A substantial body of literature supports the reliability (Grann, Langstrom, Tengstrom, & Stalenheim, 1998), concurrent (Hart, Hare, & Harpur, 1992), and predictive (Gendreau et al., 2002; Leistico, Salekin, DeCoster, & Rogers, 2008) validity of the PCL-R.”
Applying Risk/Need Assessment to Probation Practice and its Impact on the Recidivism of Young Offenders (2011, methodology): “Although there is a substantial literature on other LS versions (e.g., Gendreau et al., 1996; Gendreau et al., 2002; Girard & Wormith, 2004; Holsinger et al., 2006; Simourd & Bruce, 1998; YLS/CMI: Gossner & Wormith, 2007; Jung & Rawana, 1999; Olver et al., 2009; Onifade et al., 2008), only one study”
Deficient fear conditioning in psychopathy: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. (2005, background): “, & Linden, W. (1998). Psychopathy and alexithymia in female offenders.”
Risk Assessment With Young Offenders (2009, methodology): “The Hare Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003) is a 20-item symptom construct rating scale designed to assess the personality and behavioral features of psychopathy in adults.”