Critical Issues in the Assessment of Adolescent Psychopathy: An Illustration Using Two Case Studies

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-79

  Dawson, Stephanie ^a   McCuish, Evan ^a   Hart, Stephen D ^a,b   Corrado, Raymond R ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

adolescent psychopathy; CAPP; PCL:YV; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864745288     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2012.676149     Document Type: Article

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