Behavioral indicators of sadistic sexual murder predict the presence of sadistic sexual fantasy in a normative sample

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1018-1034

  Gray, Nicola S ^a   Watt, Andrew ^b   Hassan, Shelley ^a   Macculloch, Malcolm J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral indicators; Sadistic fantasy; Sadistic sexual murder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FANTASY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FANTASY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 0041326773     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503254462     Document Type: Review

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