Criminal behavior and cognitive processing in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder with and without comorbid psychopathy

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-340

  Riser, Rebecca E ^a   Kosson, David S ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Cognition; Criminal behavior; Personality disorder; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; CRIMINALS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891784380     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033303     Document Type: Article

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