Sensational interests and sensation seeking in mentally disordered offenders

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 995-1007

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Charlesworth, Philip ^a   Richardson, Cathryn ^b   Blair, Marie ^c   McMurran, Mary ^d  

^a Arnold Lodge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic; Intelligence; Interests; Occultism; Offenders; Personality; Sensation seeking; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013527540     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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