My aim is to discuss the rhetoric of expertise as objective, and ideology-and value-free, on example environmental policy. The first section introduces examples common rhetorical figure expert, ideology-free protection, revealing their presuppositions. second objects comparison - cartoonish proposals wiping out humanity with showing that two groups assume an analogous rhetoric. third discusses ...

Background: assessment of psychopathy has gained much attention in the past few decades. The four-factor model of psychopathy has proved to be an efficient model for assessment of psychopathy in forensic and non-forensic samples. Several measures have been developed to capture the four-factor model. These four factors are labeled as interpersonal manipulation, criminal tendencies, erratic lifes...

La conducta criminal adolescente es una problemática abordable desde diferentes aristas. Una de las que tiene mayor relevancia su asociación con sintomatología trastornos mentales. Por ello, adecuada y oportuna detección características clínicas se hace imperante. En este contexto, los instrumentos autorreporte son frecuentemente utilizados, aun cuando no haya sistematizado el uso estos. presen...

There has been growing consensus that children with conduct disorder (CD) constitute a very heterogeneous group containing children who vary substantially on the development, course, and causes of the disorder. While many have recognized the importance of this heterogeneity for developing better causal theories and for developing more effective treatments, there has been little consensus as to ...

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One method for defining pathways through which children develop severe conduct problems is based on the presence or absence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits. This study investigated potential differences between nonreferred children (mean age = 12.36 years; SD = 1.73) with and without CU traits (n = 98). Children with conduct problems, irrespective of the presence of CU traits, tended to have...

The current study examines the role of callous/unemotional (CU) traits in response to treatment among children with conduct problems (CP) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fifty-four children with CP/ADHD and 16 controls (age = 9.48, SD = 1.58) took part in a summer treatment and research program. Simple correlations showed that CU and CP were associated with a number of trea...