An investigation of primary and secondary psychopathy in a statewide sample of incarcerated youth

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-188

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Edens, John F ^b   Howard, Matthew O ^c   Smith, Shannon Toney ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Finite mixture modeling; Juvenile offenders; Psychopathy; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949098242     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204009333792     Document Type: Article

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