Comparing single and serial homicide offenses

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-343

  Kraemer, Gretchen W ^b   Lord, Wayne D ^c   Heilbrun, Kirk ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; RISK FACTOR; SERIAL HOMICIDE; SEX; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH;

EID: 3142556119     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.581     Document Type: Article

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