When the killer suffers: Post-traumatic stress reactions following homicide

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-202

  Pollock, Philip H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032846846     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532599167842     Document Type: Article

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