Psychopathy, homicide, and the courts: Working the system

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 761-777

  Häkkänen Nyholm, Helinä ^a   Hare, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homicide; Impression management; Judicial decisions; Post offense behavior; Psychopathy; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349199113     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809336946     Document Type: Article

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