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24 Behav. Sci. & L. 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/bsclw24 and id is 1 raw text is: Behavioral Sciences and the Law Behav. Sci. Law 24: 1 20 (2006) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bsl.663 Comparing the Constructs of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy in a Sample of Incarcerated Women Janet I. Warren, D.S.W.* and Susan C. South, M.A. Our study examines the relationship between Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) and psychopathy among a sample of 137 female offenders. Drawing from a historical review of the evolution of these two concepts, we explore their differential relationship to patterns of criminal be- havior, psychological adjustment, co-morbidity with other personality disorders, victimization, and institutional ad- justment. Findings suggest that the two disorders share a common foundation of social norm violations and decep- tion; however, APD is associated with impulsive, aggres- sive, and irresponsible behavior, higher rates of childhood abuse, and greater co-morbidity with Cluster A PDs, while psychopathy is better characterized by higher rates of property crimes, previous incarceration, and the manifes- tation of remorselessness. Results contribute to a further understanding of the etiology and phenomenology of these two disorders and suggest different types of treatment and intervention. Copyright 0 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. INTRODUCTION For the past 200 years, the medical community and the courts, independently and at times in unison, have sought to understand the behavior of certain individuals who seem to be incorrigibly involved in behavior that is unlawful and causes harm to others. Efforts to understand this type of behavior emerged initially in the context of Morel's (1857) theory of degeneration, which attributed all forms of mental illness to the biological expression of man's fall from grace and the states of aberration that *Correspondence to: Janet I. Warren, D.S.W., Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, P.O. Box 800660, UVA Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0660, U.S.A. E-mail: jiwTvirginia.edu This research was funded by grant no. 98-CE-VX-0027 by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to the University of Virginia. Points of view expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policy of the U.S. Department of Justice. Contract/grant sponsor: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; contract/grant number: 98-CE-VX-0027. Copyright 0 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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