Childhood antecedents of serious violence in adult male offenders

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-338

  Hill, Jonathan ^a   Nathan, Rajan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Childhood adversity; Developmental pathways; Interparental violence; Serious violence; Violent offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 45549098403     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20237     Document Type: Article

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