An investigation of psychopathic features among delinquent girls: Violence, theft, and drug abuse

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-255

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Newhill, Christina E ^a   DeLisi, Matt ^b   Beaver, Kevin M ^c   Howard, Matthew O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquent girls; Drug abuse; Female violence; Psychopathic traits; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949105511     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007312298     Document Type: Article

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