Risks of diagnosing psychopathic disorders

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 135-146

  Leygraf, Nobert ^a   Elsner, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crimino political initiatives and legal reforms; Personality or character disorder profile; Psychopathy and institutional violence; Treatment and rehabilitation; Verbal threat and physical violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889476905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470516157.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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