Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

Criminal investigation involves the process of collecting and evaluating the exploratory evidence that is obtained from suspects through the interrogations (Pozzulo, Bennell, & Forth, 2014). Individual’s capacity to comprehend and make decision based on criminal behavior is also related to criminal investigation (Pozzulo et al., 2014). Specifically, the process of criminal investigation includes eyewitness testimony, interviewing, criminal profiling, performance measurement, and the impact of the criminal justice system on investigative practice (Tong, Bryant, & Horvath, 2009). Moreover, psychopathy trainings, such as understanding the motive of an offender, crime scene analysis, investigation of specific crime, are valuable and practical during the investigation (Whitson, 2011). Therefore, understanding criminal investigation allow forensic psychologists to evaluate more complex issues in

As the result, understating the personality characteristics and behavioral traits of psychopathy allows criminal investigator to acquire effective strategies to deal with the offenders (Whitson, 2011). The rating of the PCL-R serves as a tool to assess and indicate the concept of psychopathy by examining the factor of interpersonal skills, affective response, lifestyle, and antisocial behavior (Ogloff, 2006). Therefore, the rating of the PCL-R tends to be precise based on the correlated factors. However, the assessment of psychopathy can be limited through investigator bias, false confession, false deception detection, and ineffective criminal profiling (Pozzulo, Bennell, & Forth, 2014). Moreover, psychopath’s fearlessness responses of blame, rationalize, and deny their engagement in criminal behavior also increases the difficulty to criminal investigation (Whitson,