ABSTRACT
Adults with a Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 2003) score ≥ 30 may be considered a "psychopath" (see Chapter 8). However, children, regardless of their Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version score (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson, & Hare, 2003; see Chapters 6 & 7), are not considered psychopathic. These youth can be described as having psychopathic traits, or, more commonly, as being high on callous and unemotional traits.Callous and unemotional traits, which are similar to Factor 1 on the PCL:YV/PCL-R (see Chapters 7 & 8), represent the essential constellation that meaningfully differentiates between offender groups (Barry, Golmaryami, Rivera-Hudson, & Frick, 2013), other aggressive children (Frick, 2004; Frick & White, 2008; Moffitt, 2003) and conduct disorders (see the DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013).
