The scene of the crime: Inventing the serial killer

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 552-569

  Warwick, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime scenes; Myth; Profiling; Representation; Serial killers; Whitechapel murders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750711056     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663906069547     Document Type: Article

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