The assessment of psychopathy in male and female noncriminals: Reliability and validity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 531-543

  Forth, Adelle E ^a   Brown, Shelley L ^b   Hart, Stephen D ^c   Hare, Robert D ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030137153     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00221-9     Document Type: Article

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