The role of psychopathy in assessing risk for violence: Conceptual and methodological issues

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-137

  Hart, Stephen D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANGINA PECTORIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031930452     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1998.tb00354.x     Document Type: Review

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