When stalkers become violent: The threat to public figures and private lives

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 658-665

  Meloy, J Reid ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STALKING; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2142825291     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20031001-09     Document Type: Review

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