Research and Clinical Scoring of the Psychopathy Checklist can show good Agreement

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1349-1362

  Harris, Grant T ^a   Rice, Marnie E ^a   Cormier, Catherine A ^a  

^a Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene   (Canada)

Author keywords

PCL R; prediction; psychopathy; Psychopathy Checklist; reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884931645     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813492959     Document Type: Article

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