Empathy in sexually sadistic offenders: An experimental comparison with non-sadistic sexual offenders

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-167

  Nitschke, Joachim ^a   Istrefi, Shota ^a   Osterheider, Michael ^b   Mokros, Andreas ^b  

^a Ansbach District Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Emotional; Empathy; Psychopathy; Sexual sadism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFACETED EMPATHY TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; RAPE; SADISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84859809118     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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