Predatory Personalities as Behavioral Mimics and Parasites: Mimicry–Deception Theory

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Jones, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

fraud; Machiavellianism; predatory behavior; psychopathy; white collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907454130     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614535936     Document Type: Article

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