Citation
Sd. Hart et Rd. Hare, PSYCHOPATHY AND RISK ASSESSMENT, Current opinion in psychiatry, 9(6), 1996, pp. 380-383
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
ISSN journal
09517367
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
380 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7367(1996)9:6<380:PARA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
For years, psychopathy was dismissed by many criminologists as a mythi
cal entity. However, the major criticisms leveled against the construc
t are either irrelevant or untrue. Recent research indicates that psyc
hopathy is one of the most robust predictors of criminal behavior, The
association between psychopathy and violence is particularly importan
t.