Natural born killers?: The development of the sexually sadistic serial killer

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-348

  Johnson, Bradley R ^b,c   Becker, Judith V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Mind Compass Group   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FANTASY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SADISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0031437623     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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