Characteristics of offenders: the HEXACO model of personality as a framework for studying offenders' personality

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-82

  Rolison, Jonathan James ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^b   Gummerum, Michaela ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

criminal offenders; HEXACO; offender personality

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEAR; FORGIVENESS; HONESTY; OFFENDER; PATIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84872601827     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2012.752024     Document Type: Article

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