Reliability and construct validity of psychopathy checklist: Youth version scores among incarcerated adolescent girls

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 965-987

  Bauer, Daliah L ^a   Whitman, Lindsay A ^b   Kosson, David S ^c  

^a Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent psychopathology; adolescent psychopathy; construct validity; female inmates

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052356554     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811418048     Document Type: Article

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