An electrocortical correlate of a history of alcohol abuse in criminal offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-117

  Neo, Lee Hong ^a   McCullagh, Paul ^b   Howard, Rick ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Contingent negative variation (CNV); Impulsivity; Psychopathy; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035528668     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401790     Document Type: Review

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