ABSTRACT
As psychopathic personality disturbance (PPD) becomes more integrated into developmental and life course criminology, this chapter examines conceptual arguments, and the methodological requirements to address these arguments, concerning the relationship between PPD and offending trajectories, the contributions of various datasets to research PPD and offending trajectories, and directions for future research regarding PPD and the longitudinal development of offending. Symptoms of PPD increase propensity and situational context conducive to offending while also resulting in less responsivity to typical deterrence strategies. Consequently, continued offending over the life course is likely for those with PPD.
