From animal cruelty to serial murder: Applying the graduation hypothesis

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-88

  Wright, Jeremy ^a   Hensley, Christopher ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cruelty; Graduation hypothesis; Serial murder; Social learning theory; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037306248     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X02239276     Document Type: Article

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