Psychopathy and malingering of psychiatric disorder in criminal defendants

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 633-644

  Kucharski, L Thomas ^a   Duncan, Scott ^b   Egan, Shannon S ^a   Falkenbach, Diana M ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b United States Penitentiary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750614922     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.661     Document Type: Article

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