John Macdonald (psychiatrist)

John Macdonald (psychiatrist)

John Marshall Macdonald (November 7, 1920 in Dunedin, New Zealand - December 16, 2007) was a forensic psychiatrist most renowned for his discovery of the Macdonald triad of sociopathic traits and his profiling of serial killers. He published approximately a dozen books in his field.

Bibliography

*"The murderer and his victim" (C. C. Thomas, 1961, ISBN 978-0398062545)


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