The relative validity of psychopathy versus risk/needs-based assessments in the prediction of adolescent offending behaviour

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-210

  Marshall, John ^a,b   Egan, Vincent ^a   English, Marie ^a   Jones, Robin M ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748612156     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X68719     Document Type: Article

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