Becoming the victim: Beyond sadism in serial sexual murderers

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Knoll, James L ^a   Hazelwood, Robert R ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Academy Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandiosity; Introjection; Serial murder; Sexual sadism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MASOCHISM; OFFENDER; OMNIPOTENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SADISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; VICTIM;

EID: 61449100316     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2008.12.003     Document Type: Review

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