Perceptions of the media in a community exposed to serial murder

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 909-915

  Herkov, Michael J ^a,c   Biernat, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLICE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; NEWSPAPERS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIO; TELEVISION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030716398     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199712)53:8<909::AID-JCLP16>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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