Construct validity of the Hare psychopathy checklist, revised, on a UK prison population

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 546-561

  Shine, John ^a   Hobson, Julie ^a  

^a Grendon Underwood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Hare checklist; PCL R; Personality disorder; Prisons; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SADISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030687868     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189708412275     Document Type: Article

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