Recent developments and future directions in understanding cognition and emotion in offenders: A commentary

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Howells, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotion; Empathy; Future; Offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749099464     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802191036     Document Type: Article

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