Empathy and attachment in relation to violent vs. non-violent offense history among jail inmates

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 31-53

  Goldstein, Harold ^a   Higgins D’allessandro, Ann ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Criminal history; Empathy; Inmates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009541431     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v32n04_03     Document Type: Article

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