Borderline personality organization, psychopathy, and sexual homicide: The case of brinkley

Contemporary Rorschach Interpretation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 217-237

  Gacono, Carl B ^a  

^a United States Department of Justice   (United States)

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EID: 0003893928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315827377-23     Document Type: Chapter

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