Assessment of psychopathy in a population of incarcerated adolescent offenders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Brandt, John Randall ^a   Kennedy, Wallace A ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^a   Curtin, John J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY;

EID: 0031414415     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.4.429     Document Type: Article

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