Interpreting the accuracy of offender profiles

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-195

  Alison, Laurence ^a   Smith, Matthew D ^b   Morgan, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barnum Effect; Offender profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037907533     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316031000116274     Document Type: Article

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