Distinguishing Impulsive, Unsocialized Sensation Seeking: A Comparison between Criminal Offenders and the General Population

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Herrero, Óscar ^a   Colom, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

antisocial personality; crime; EPQ R; prison inmates; sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349140683     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.29.4.199     Document Type: Article

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