The "Pseudocommando" mass murderer: Part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-94

  James L IV, Knoll ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (United States)

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