Toulmin's philosophy of argument and its relevance to offender profiling

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-183

  Alison, Laurence ^a   Smith, Matthew D ^c   Eastman, Oliver ^a   Rainbow, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b National Crime Faculty   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Argument; Offender profiles; Toulmin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037907534     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316031000116265     Document Type: Article

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