The Psychology of Criminal Conduct and its associated components (e.g. the Risk Need Responsivity model, the Central Eight risk factors) has been hugely influential in the criminal justice sector. However, like any theory it has relative strengths and weakness, one weakness being that assumptions have been made about the causal nature and conceptual coherence of its foundational constructs, dynamic risk factors. The numerous issues with the conceptualisation of dynamic risk factors have implications for the widespread practice of using them as explanations of offending and to inform intervention planning. Recently some attention has been given to exploring the conceptualisation and definitions, scope and use of dynamic risk factors. Some key advancements in this area are considered and we illustrate how the weaknesses encountered by dynamic risk factors may impact our understanding and application of these concepts, using the example of Antisocial Personality Pattern.

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犯罪行为心理学的优缺点：对反社会人格模式的概念化、评估和处理的影响

犯罪行为心理学及其相关组成部分（例如风险需求响应模型、中央八项风险因素）在刑事司法领域具有巨大的影响力。然而，与任何理论一样，它也有相对的优势和劣势，一个弱点是对其基本结构、动态风险因素的因果性质和概念一致性做出了假设。动态风险因素概念化的众多问题对将它们用作解释冒犯行为和为干预计划提供信息的广泛实践有影响。最近，人们对探索动态风险因素的概念化和定义、范围和使用给予了一些关注。