An Investigation of Violent Offenders' Memories for Instrumental and Reactive Violence

Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 75-97

  Cooper, Barry S ^a   Yuille, John C ^b  

^a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminal experiences; Criminal victimisation; Institutional psychologists; Negative emotional arousal; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859356736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713082.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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