Sadism and psychopathy in violent and sexually violent offenders

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Holt, Susan E ^a   Meloy, J Reid ^b,c   Strack, Stephen ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISON; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SADISM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032916116     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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