Examining the Prevalence, Role and Impact of Evidence Regarding Antisocial Personality, Sociopathy and Psychopathy in Capital Cases: A Survey of Defense Team Members

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-255

  Edens, John F ^a   Cox, Jennifer ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAWYER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPATHY; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CRIMINAL LAW; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84860553248     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2009     Document Type: Article

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