Psychological profiling of serial arson offenses: An assessment of skills and accuracy

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-361

  Kocsis, Richard N ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Criminal psychological profiling accuracy; Serial arson

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542518562     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803262586     Document Type: Article

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