The Starkweather Syndrome: Exploring criminal history antecedents of homicidal crime sprees

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^a   Scherer, Aaron M ^a   Purhmann, Aaron ^a   Berg, Mark T ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Criminal career; Homicide; Recidivism; Spree killer

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949086032     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010801972670     Document Type: Article

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