A cross-cultural review of sudden mass assault by a single individual in the oriental and occidental cultures

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 582-588

  Hempel, Anthony G ^a   Levine, Ruth E ^b   Meloy, J Reid ^c   Westermeyer, Joseph ^d  

^a Vernon Campus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amok; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Homicide; Mass murder; Predatory violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASSAULT; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; NORTH AMERICA; PARANOIA; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0034108092     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14732j     Document Type: Article

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