Kleptomania-like behaviour and psychosocial characteristics among shoplifters

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Sarasalo, Elina ^a   Bergman, Bo ^a   Toth, Janos ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EGO; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; KLEPTOMANIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; THEFT;

EID: 0030935115     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1997.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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