Assessing empathy in prisoners - A shortened version of the interpersonal reactivity index

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-101

  Lauterbach, Oliver ^a,b   Hosser, Daniela ^a  

^a Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^b Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen (KFN)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empathy; IRI; Offender assessment; Recidivism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347205226     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.66.2.91     Document Type: Article

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