Disparities in the moral intuitions of criminal offenders: The role of psychopathy

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-327

  Aharoni, Eyal ^a   Antonenko, Olga ^b   Kiehl, Kent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensics; Moral judgment; Morality; Personality disorders; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955479733     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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