PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ge, X
AU  - Donnellan, MB
AU  - Wenk, E
TI  - Differences in personality and patterns of recidivism between early starters and other serious male offenders
DP  - 2003 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 68--77
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/1/68.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/1/68.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2003 Mar 01; 31
AB  - In this study, the differences in personality and patterns of recidivism were compared between individuals with an early incidence of offending ("early starters") and their later-starting counterparts ("later starters"). Results indicated that early starters were significantly different from later starters in several personality characteristics, as measured by the California Personality Inventory (CPI) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Specifically, early starters scored lower on the responsibility and socialization scales of the CPI and higher on the paranoia, schizophrenia, and hypomania scales of the MMPI. Moreover, results indicated that early starters were at a significantly higher risk for recidivism than later starters, both at a 15-month and a 20-year follow-up.