Kidnapping: A criminal profile of persons convicted 1979-2001

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-84

  Soothill, Keith ^a,b   Francis, Brian ^b   Ackerley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNAPPING; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947101564     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.684     Document Type: Article

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