The making of a serial false confessor: The confessions of Henry Lee Lucas

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 416-426

  Gudjonsson, Gisli ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death row; False confession; Personality disorder; Serial confessor; Special knowledge; The 'orange socks' murder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CUSTODY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PUNISHMENT; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033383203     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908403693     Document Type: Article

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