A growing body of research suggests there are identifiable psychopathy subtypes among offenders scored on Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003). We used latent profile analysis to examine the generalizability of these subtype findings to PCL-R scores (N = 615) assigned in a sex offender risk assessment field setting and to examine how offender subtypes differ on measures of comorbid psychopathology, risk, and treatment amenability from the Personality Assessment Inventory. Consistent with prior research, we identified four subtypes when using PCL-R scores from all offenders: Prototypic psychopathy (n = 239, 38.9%), callous-conning (n = 154, 25.0%), sociopathic (n = 96, 15.6%), and general offenders (n = 126, 20.5%). Prototypic and sociopathic subtypes exhibited the highest levels of comorbid psychopathology and risk for potential violence. We identified classes consistent with primary (n = 66, 36.7%) and secondary (n = 114, 63.3%) psychopathy among offenders with PCL-R total scores ≥ 25, and found higher levels of comorbid psychopathology and potential for violence among those in the secondary psychopathy class. Findings provide support the generalizability of existing PCL-R subtype findings to field scores and show how those with similar PCL-R total scores may differ on scores from commonly used multiscale inventories.

越来越多的研究表明，在 Hare 的精神病检查表修订版（PCL-R；Hare，2003）评分的罪犯中存在可识别的精神病亚型。我们使用潜在特征分析来检查这些亚型发现对性犯罪者风险评估领域设置中分配的 PCL-R 评分 ( N = 615) 的普遍性，并检查犯罪者亚型在共病精神病理学、风险和治疗顺应性测量方面的差异来自人格评估清单。与先前的研究一致，我们在使用所有罪犯的 PCL-R 评分时确定了四种亚型：原型精神病（n = 239, 38.9%）、冷酷无情（n = 154, 25.0%）、反社会（n = 96, 15.6% ） ) 和一般罪犯 ( n= 126, 20.5%)。原型和反社会亚型表现出最高水平的共病精神病理学和潜在暴力风险。我们在 PCL-R 总分 ≥ 25 的罪犯中确定了与原发性（ n = 66, 36.7%）和继发性（n = 114, 63.3%）精神病相一致的类别，并发现在二级精神病类。调查结果支持现有 PCL-R 亚型调查结果对现场分数的普遍性，并显示那些具有相似 PCL-R 总分的人在常用多尺度清单的分数上可能有何不同。