Risk-taking behaviour and criminal offending: An investigation of sensation seeking and the Eysenck personality questionnaire

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 586-602

  Knust, Sonja ^a   Stewart, Anna L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOREDOM; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EYSENCK AND EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036784328     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030662402236742     Document Type: Article

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