Sexual murderers' implicit theories

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1366-1389

  Beech, Anthony ^a,c   Fisher, Dawn ^a,d   Ward, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^d Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implicit theories; ITs; Motivation; Sexual murder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RAPE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDOPHILIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRISONERS; RAPE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27744501352     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505278712     Document Type: Review

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