Offenders with Cognitive Deficits in a Canadian Prison Population: Prevalence, Profile, and Outcomes.
Impaired cognitive function has been associated with criminal behavior. In Canada it is unknown the extent to which this disorder affects federal inmates or its impact on key correctional outcomes. In this study, 488 incoming male offenders were assessed on the Cognistat, a neuropsychological screen...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Law & Psychiatry Vol. 44; pp. 7 - 15 |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Jan2016
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