Violent female perpetrators in Finland

Nordic Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-297

  Weizmann Henelius, Ghitta ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Female; Personality disorder; Psychopathy; Victims; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847750252     PISSN: 19012276     EISSN: 19040016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1901-2276.58.4.280     Document Type: Article

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