THE USE OF THE RORSCHACH IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGY: SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS

The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 527-542

  Weiss, Peter A ^a   Weiss, William U ^b   Gacono, Carl B ^c  

^a INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^c Clinical and Forensic Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 84881220030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810071-36     Document Type: Chapter

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