Explicating the Construct of Psychopathy: Development and Validation of a Conceptual Model, the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP)

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 242-252

  Cooke, David J ^a,b   Hart, Stephen D ^b,c   Logan, Caroline ^d   Michie, Christine ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antisocial personality disorder; CAPP; Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality; dissocial personality disorder; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871131368     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2012.746759     Document Type: Article

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