Contemporary problems in criminal profiling

Criminal Profiling: International Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 327-345

  Kocsis, Richard N ^b   Palermo, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-146-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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