The relationship of pathological gambling to criminality behavior in a sample of polish male offenders

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 669-675

  Pastwa Wojciechowska, Beata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antisocial psychopathy; Criminality; Pathological gambling; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPATHY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 80355130226     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.882054     Document Type: Article

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