Psychopathic personality traits and delinquent careers: An empirical examination

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Howard, Matthew O ^b   DeLisi, Matt ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Delinquency; Juvenile psychopathy; Psychopathology; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 53149098582     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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