Criminal behavior, criminal mind: Being caught in a "criminal spin"

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1208-1233

  Ronel, Natti ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

criminal spin; phenomenology; self centeredness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 82355183698     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11384946     Document Type: Article

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