Pyromania: Fact or Fiction?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 797-807

  Doley, Rebekah ^a  

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EID: 0242276126     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/43.4.797     Document Type: Review

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