An empirical investigation of psychopathy in a noninstitutionalized and noncriminal sample

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-146

  DeMatteo, David ^a   Heilbrun, Kirk ^b   Marczyk, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33646265752     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.667     Document Type: Article

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