Approaches to the scientific attribution of authorship

Offender Profiling Series: Vol II Profiling in Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 157-187

  Aked, Joy P ^a   Canter, David ^b   Sanford, Anthony J ^c   Smith, Nichola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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