Criminal recidivism among juvenile offenders: Testing the incremental and predictive validity of three measures of psychopathic features

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-438

  Douglas, Kevin S ^a   Epstein, Monica E ^b   Poythress, Norman G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile justice; PCL:YV:CPS:APSD; Prediction of recidivism; Risk assessment; Youth psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 51349106672     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9114-8     Document Type: Article

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