An empirical assessment of content in criminal psychological profiles

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Kocsis, Richard N ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Criminal psychological profiling; Factual content

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; EVALUATION; HOMICIDE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGIST;

CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037304727     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X02239273     Document Type: Article

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