The relationship of violent attitudes with self-reported offending and antisocial personality traits

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-380

  Gudjonsson, Gisli ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Skaptadottir, Solrun Linda ^c   Helgadottir, Thora ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Acceptance of violence; Machismo; Self reported offending; Violent attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHISMO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; VARIANCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80053235039     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2011.562913     Document Type: Article

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