Psychopathy and violence in juvenile delinquents: What are the associated factors?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-279

  Fritz, Marie Väfors ^a   Wiklund, Gunnar ^a,b   Koposov, Roman A ^c   af Klinteberg, Britt ^a,b   Ruchkin, Vladislav V ^b,d,e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center of Forensic Psychiatry   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol related problems; Juvenile delinquents; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOPATHY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUSSIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIOLENCE;

EID: 45849124672     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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