Not my fault: Blame externalization is the psychopathic feature most associated with pathological delinquency among confined delinquents

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1415-1430

  Delisi, Matt ^a   Angton, Alexia ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b   Trulson, Chad R ^c   Caudill, Jonathan W ^d   Beaver, Kevin M ^e,f  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

blame externalization; chronic offending; delinquent career; personality; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902985802     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X13496543     Document Type: Article

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