The Linguistic Output of Psychopathic Offenders During a PCL-R Interview

We used text analysis software to examine the linguistic features of the speech of 21 psychopathic and 45 other offenders during the interview part of a Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) assessment. Regression analysis was run on the linguistic categories to determine which were the best predict...

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Main Author: Le, Marina T. (Author)
Contributors: Hare, Robert D. ; Gillman, Lisa ; Hutton, Erin ; Woodworth, Michael
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 551-565
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