Stalking: The state of the science

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Reid Meloy, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STALKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34147197392     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.642     Document Type: Editorial

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