Predicting Future Criminal Offending in a Community-Based Sample of Males Using Self-Reported Psychopathy

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-363

  Vitacco, Michael J ^a   Neumann, Craig S ^b   Pardini, Dustin A ^c  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; antisocial behavior; psychopathy; Self Report of Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893555496     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813500488     Document Type: Article

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