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Research Article

Are Prisoners More Psychopathic than Non-forensic Populations? Profiling Psychopathic Traits among Prisoners, Community Adults, University Students, and Adolescents

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Pages 232-244 | Received 30 Apr 2019, Accepted 04 Aug 2019, Published online: 12 Sep 2019

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