Psychopathy and moral reasoning: Comparison of two classifications

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-514

  O'Kane, Aisling ^a   Fawcett, Diane ^a   Blackburn, Ronald ^a  

^a ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030119641     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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