Psychopathic Traits (and Criminal History) Predict Which Offenders Will Continue to Commit Intimate Partner Violence

Summary by Taffy Chan and the North American Research Committee   Highlights The relationship between psychopathy and committing (and re-committing or recidivism of) intimate partner violence was studied among a group of male offenders in Portugal. Criminal history factors (for example, number of prior periods of imprisonment) may be even more useful than psychopathy traits … Read more