Motivation for offending and personality

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CRIME; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOUGH SOCIALIZATION SCALE; GUDJONSSON BLAME ATTRIBUTION INVENTORY; GUDJONSSON COMPLIANCE SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAK SELF REPORTED DELINQUENCY SCALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; OFFENDING MOTIVATION QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE;

EID: 1242295138     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532504322776861     Document Type: Article

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