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    European Polygraph nr 2 (2), 2007
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2007) Widacki, Jan; Zagdan, Magdalena; Konieczny, Jerzy; Horvath, Frank; Widacki, Jan
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    Polygraph examination of a serial killer with sexual motives
    (2007) Widacki, Jan
    "It is assumed that murderers with sexual motives are generally good subjects of polygraph examinations (Abrams 1989). According to current knowledge on such murders and their perpetrators (Halzelwood R., Douglas J.E. 1980, Douglas J.E., Ressler K.E., Burgess A.W., Hartman C.R. 1986), these killers typically exhibit personality disorders, whereas murderers categorized as “organized” typically exhibit a dissocial (antisocial, asocial) personality previously termed “psychopathic” (in the DSM-IV-TR classification: 301.7 and in the ICD-10 classification F.60.2). On the other hand, killers classified as “disorganized” as a rule exhibit a schizoid personality (in the DSM-IV-TR classification: 301.20 and in the ICD-10 classification F.60.1)."(...)