Is psychopathy pathology or a life strategy?: Implications for social policy

Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 273-295

  Barr, Kirsten N ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84917088661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410609892     Document Type: Chapter

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