Assessing Psychopathy in Adults: The Psychopathy Checklist—Revised and Screening Version

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief introduction-or a refresher-to the revised version of the Hare (1991) Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R). Research examining the PCL-R has reached a stage where it has become a subject for analysis and review, as in the case of meta-analytic studies of the PCL-R and recidivism. Various issues associ­ ated with the introduction of a new assessment device have passed the point of mere identification and provide the basis for what we hope is an engaging review.