A comparative analysis of North American adolescent and adult mass murderers

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-309

  Meloy, J Reid ^a   Hempel, Anthony G ^b   Gray, B Thomas ^b   Mohandie, Kris ^c   Shiva, Andrew ^d   Richards, Thomas C ^e  

^a Clinical and Forensic Psychology   (United States)

^b Vernon Campus   (United States)

^c Oper Consulting International Inc

^d BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MURDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THREAT; VIOLENCE; WAR; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142521646     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.586     Document Type: Article

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