Psychopathy and verbal indicators of deception in offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Lee, Zina ^a,b   Klaver, Jessica R ^a   Hart, Stephen D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Psychopathy; Verbal indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749029368     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160701423738     Document Type: Article

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