A credulous approach to violence and homicide

Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 15-54

  Winter, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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