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Is Serial Sexual Homicide a Compulsion, Deviant Leisure, or Both? Revisiting the Case of Ted Bundy

Pages 205-223 | Received 19 Feb 2018, Accepted 20 Dec 2018, Published online: 28 Mar 2019

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