Social origins of psychopathy

The International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 319-334

  Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent aggression and teenage violence; Adult antisocial personality disorder; Juvenile and adult offending; Poor parent child communication; Psychopaths (cases) and nonpsychopathic offenders (controls)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889270358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470516157.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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