Differentiating arsonists: A model of firesetting actions and characteristics

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-96

  Canter, David ^a   Fritzon, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSON; ARTICLE; CRIME; EMOTION; FIRE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SYMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WITNESS;

EID: 0031906647     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1998.tb00352.x     Document Type: Article

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