University of Huddersfield researcher, Dr Daniel Boduszek, has co-authored a an article in the Journal of Criminal Psychology that analyzes the relationship between psychopathy and criminal behavior.
The paper is review of psychopathy literature, with a particular focus on recent research examining the relationship between psychopathy and various forms of criminal behavior.
The results indicate that substantial empirical research exists to suggest that psychopathy is a robust predictor of criminal behavior and recidivism.
Furthermore, considerable support for the assertion that the violence perpetrated by psychopathic offenders is more instrumental than the violence committed by other offenders was found.
In addition, some research suggests that the greater use of instrumental violence among psychopathic offenders may be due to the Interpersonal-Affective traits of psychopathy, and not the Impulsive-Antisocial traits.