Personality traits, personality disorders and sensational interests in mentally disordered offenders

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Austin, Elizabeth ^b   Elliot, Debbie ^c   Patel, Darshana ^c   Charlesworth, Phillip ^c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Arnold Lodge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037331591     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532503762871237     Document Type: Article

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