Child and adolescent psychopathy: The search for protective factors

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-172

  Salekin, Randall T ^a,b   Lochman, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Antisocial; Children; Protective; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349004520     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807311330     Document Type: Article

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