Serial murder as an act of deviant leisure

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-53

  Gunn, Lynn ^a   Caissie, Linda T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deviant leisure; Male and female team serial killers; Non traditional leisure; Serial nurder

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009948138     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2006.9651340     Document Type: Article

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