Instrumentally violent youths: The roles of psychopathic traits, empathy, and attachment

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-751

  Flight, Jillian I ^a   Forth, Adelle E ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Empathy; Psychopathic traits; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249039282     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807299462     Document Type: Article

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