The Use of Measures of Psychopathy in Violence Risk Assessment

Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-40

  DeMatteo, David ^a   Edens, John F ^b   Hart, Allison ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203843666-7     Document Type: Chapter

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