Confessions and denials and the relationship with personality

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-133

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Bragason, Olafur O ^c   Einarsson, Emil ^c   Valdimarsdottir, Eva B ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE PSYCHOTICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

EID: 1242295134     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532504322776898     Document Type: Article

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