Crime scene actions and offender characteristics in arsons

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-214

  Häkkänen, Helinä ^a,b,c   Puolakka, Pia ^c   Santtila, Pekka ^a,d  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

^b National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARSON; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 4444328737     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/1355325041719392     Document Type: Article

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