What Do We Know About Psychopaths and Crime?​

question 65

Multiple Choice

What do we know about psychopaths and crime?​

• A) Psychopaths comprise 65 percent of U.S. prison inmates.​
• B) ​Psychopaths tend to continue their criminal careers long after other offenders age out of crime.
• C) ​Psychopaths are no more likely to reoffend within a year of release than other offenders.
• D) ​Psychopaths who reoffend are more likely to reoffend in nonviolent ways.

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