Psychopathy evidence in legal proceedings involving adolescent offenders

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-283

  Viljoen, Jodi L ^a   MacDougall, Emily A M ^a   Gagnon, Nathalie C ^b   Douglas, Kevin S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Juvenile; Offenders; PCL:YV; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955719766     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019649     Document Type: Article

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