"I'm sorry I did it...but he started it": A comparison of the official and self-reported homicide descriptions of psychopaths and non-psychopaths

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Porter, Stephen ^a   Woodworth, Michael ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Credibility assessment; Deception; Homicide; Minimization; Psychopathy; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847324593     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9033-0     Document Type: Article

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