Psychopathic traits and offender characteristics – a nationwide consecutive sample of homicidal male adolescents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The aim of the study was to evaluate psychopathy-like personality traits in a nationwide consecutive sample of adolescent male homicide offenders and to compare the findings with those of a randomly sampled adult male homicide offend...

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Main Authors: Putkonen Hanna, Holi Matti, Laajasalo Taina, Lindberg Nina, Weizmann-Henelius Ghitta, Häkkänen-Nyholm Helinä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/9/18