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- Title
Measuring prevalence among offenders in South Africa.
- Authors
Loots, Sonja; Louw, Dap
- Abstract
The identification of offenders who meet the criteria for psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder or dissocial personality disorder could be of significant value to help address the violent crime crisis in South Africa. A sample of 500 male maximum security offenders was selected to determine the prevalence of these disorders among South African offenders. Results for the incidence of psychopathy and dissocial personality disorder indicate a similar trend to that found in other countries; whereas the prevalence of antisocial personality disorder contradicts international findings.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; CRIMINALS; PSYCHOPATHY; ANTISOCIAL personality disorders; DISSOCIATION (Psychology); VIOLENT crimes
- Publication
SA Crime Quarterly, 2011, Issue 36, p31
- ISSN
1991-3877
- Publication type
Article