Sex Differences in Empathy and Its Relation to Juvenile Offending

Violence and Victims

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-516

  Broidy, Lisa ^a   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^b   Espelage, Dorothy L ^c   Mazerolle, Paul ^d   Piquero, Alex ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346093569     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.2003.18.5.503     Document Type: Article

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