Normative Data for the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in German-Speaking Countries: A Meta-Analysis

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1397-1412

  Mokros, Andreas ^a   Hollerbach, Pia ^a   Vohs, Knut ^a   Nitschke, Joachim ^b   Eher, Reinhard ^c,d   Habermeyer, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ansbach District Hospital   (Germany)

^c Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

German; normative; PCL R; PCL:SV; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887179642     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813492519     Document Type: Article

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