Understanding criminal behavior: Empathic impairment in criminal offenders

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 379-385

  Mariano, Melania ^a   Pino, Maria Chiara ^a   Peretti, Sara ^a   Valenti, Marco ^a,b   Mazza, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Reference Regional Centre for Autism   (Italy)

Author keywords

Criminal offenders (CO); empathy; experience sharing; mentalizing; prosocial concern

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; EYE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY OF MIND; CRIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINALS; EMPATHY; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84966704793     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2016.1179670     Document Type: Article

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