A comparison of rapists and sexual murderers on demographic and selected psychometric measures

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-312

  Oliver, Caroline J ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^a   Fisher, Dawn ^b   Beckett, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Offense characteristics; Rapists; Sexual murderers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASOCHISM; NARCISSISM; PARANOIA; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RATING SCALE; SADISM; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; THOUGHT DISORDER; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE;

EID: 34247862049     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06289157     Document Type: Article

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