Psychopathy subtypes among African American county jail inmates

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1484-1499

  Swogger, Marc T ^a   Walsh, Zach ^b   Kosson, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Primary psychopathy; Psychopathy; Psychopathy subtypes; Secondary psychopathy; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749109546     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808324506     Document Type: Article

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