Classifying homicide offenders and predicting their characteristics from crime scene behavior

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-118

  Santtila, Pekka ^a   Häkkänen, Helinä ^a   Canter, David ^b   Elfgren, Thomas ^c  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Finnish Natl Bur of Investigations   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crime scene actions; Homicide; Interview behavior; Offender characteristics; Offender profiling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOPATHY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0038576953     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00328     Document Type: Article

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