Emotion and morality in psychopathy and paraphilias

Emotion Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-301

  Harenski, Carla L ^a,b   Kiehl, Kent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; morality; pedophilia; psychopathy; sadism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960030493     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073911402378     Document Type: Review

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