ABSTRACT
In the following chapter, we assess the influence of the more static, personality-based risk markers as they impact sexual behavior in prison. We examine two constructs with a pivotal history in the assessment of violence and aggressive sexuality, antisociality and psychopathy. These two personality-based constructs have a significant amount of overlap, although psychopathy is encountered less frequently in both community and prison samples, it appears to be more biologically determined across all populations, and is viewed by many as representing the more malignant end of the antisocial continuum (Patrick, 2006). We also explore the remaining nine personality disorders (PDs) identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV—Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). These variables are assessed for gender differences and for their influence on the inmate's sexual behavior in prison.
