Validity, utility and ethics of profiling for serial violent and sexual offenders

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Wilson, Paul ^a   Lincoln, Robyn ^a   Kocsis, Richard ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONALITY; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030900363     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719709524891     Document Type: Article

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