Stephen Porter of Dalhousie University and colleagues (2009) have recently revealed that psychopaths, as compared to non-psychopaths, were _____ times more likely when incarcerated to be granted conditional release even though they were more likely to re-offend.

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The question states that psychopaths were more likely to be granted conditional release even though they were more likely to re-offend. The blank asks for how many times more likely they were to be granted conditional release. Therefore, the correct answer is the ratio of the conditional release rate for psychopaths to the conditional release rate of non-psychopaths. According to the study by Porter et al. (2009), the conditional release rate for psychopaths was 2.5 times higher than for non-psychopaths, indicating that they were 2.5 times more likely to be granted conditional release. Therefore, the correct answer is C) 2.5.

Stephen Porter of Dalhousie University and Colleagues (2009) Have Recently