Examining the economic costs of crime associated with psychopathic personality disorder: A reply to Verona and Joyner (2022)

In our article, "How much does that cost? Examining the economic costs of crime in North America attributable to people with psychopathic personality disorder" (Gatner et al., 2023, pp. 391-400), we estimated that psychopathic personality disorder (PPD) was associated with substantial crim...

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Published inPersonality disorders Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 405
Main Authors Gatner, Dylan T, Douglas, Kevin S, Almond, Madison F E, Hart, Stephen D, Kropp, P Randall
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2023
Subjects
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Attention
Canada
Crime
Humans
Canada
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Summary:In our article, "How much does that cost? Examining the economic costs of crime in North America attributable to people with psychopathic personality disorder" (Gatner et al., 2023, pp. 391-400), we estimated that psychopathic personality disorder (PPD) was associated with substantial crime costs, using a top-down approach of national costs in the United States and Canada. Verona and Joyner (2023) raised several concerns about our findings. Although we think some of their points help to map directions for future research, we disagree with others they raised related to the conceptualization of PPD, the problem of undetected crimes, and their concerns with putative national comparisons. We strongly welcome debate about the societal impacts of PPD in the hope that it spurs increased attention and innovation regarding the treatment and management of PPD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
ISSN:1949-2723
DOI:10.1037/per0000623