Offender and offense characteristics of a nonrandom sample of mass murderers

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-225

  Hempel, Anthony G ^c   Meloy, J Reid ^b   Richards, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PARANOIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032996654     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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