Sexual homicide: Differentiating catathymic and compulsive murders

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-256

  Schlesinger, Louis B ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catathymic; Compulsive; Sexual homicide; Sexual murder

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CATATHYMIC HOMICIDE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE HOMICIDE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 33847053940     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2006.09.007     Document Type: Review

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