Youth Psychopathic Traits and Their Impact on Long-Term Criminal Offending Trajectories

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-248

  Dyck, Heather L ^a   Campbell, Mary Ann ^a   Schmidt, Fred ^b,c   Wershler, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Children's Centre Thunder Bay   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

criminal offending patterns; longitudinal; psychopathic traits; young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879377983     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204012469414     Document Type: Article

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