The role of psychopathy in the assessment of dangerousness

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      These include psychopathic and impulsive traits, and trait aggressiveness. Many studies have shown that psychopathic traits are strongly associated with a propensity for violent behavior in the general population (Walters, 2003; Serin and Amos, 1995), and in patients with major mental illness (Skeem and Mulvey, 2001; Hodgins et al., 1999). Similarly, impulsive traits are considered to play a major role in the emergence of aggression in the general population (Barrat, 1994) and in schizophrenia (Enticott et al., 2008; Witt et al., 2013).

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    This research was funded by a grant from the Regional Headquarters (Ontario), Correctional Service of Canada. The comments are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Correctional Service of Canada. This paper was presented at the 19th International Congress on Law and Psychiatry in Lisbon. We would like to thank Marie Kuriychuk and two anonymous reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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