Spatial and environmental consistency in serial sexual assault

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-30

  Lundrigan, Samantha ^a   Czarnomski, Sarah ^b   Wilson, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Camden Community Safety Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographical profiling; Serial rape; Spatial and environmental consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949123726     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.100     Document Type: Article

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