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MEURTRIER MASSE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-12-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Criminology
- Criminal Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- spree killer
1, record 1, English, spree%20killer
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- spree murderer 2, record 1, English, spree%20murderer
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A person who kills in a sudden, random, and apparently motiveless manner, especially one who kills a number of people at a single location in such an attack. 3, record 1, English, - spree%20killer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A kind of multiple murderer, the other being a serial killer. 3, record 1, English, - spree%20killer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Richard Speck was not really a serial killer, but what I call a "spree killer." One terrible night in Chicago during the late 1960s, he had entered a house with the intent of robbing it, and found student nurses there.... He tied them up.... One by one, he took them into another room, assaulted them, and then killed eight of them, mainly so they could not identify him. 4, record 1, English, - spree%20killer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
spree killer: Term believed to be coined by former FBI detective Robert Ressler. 2, record 1, English, - spree%20killer
Record 1, Key term(s)
- spree killing
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Criminologie
- Psychologie criminelle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- meurtrier de masse
1, record 1, French, meurtrier%20de%20masse
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tueur de masse 2, record 1, French, tueur%20de%20masse
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Contrairement au meurtrier de masse, qui ne frappe généralement qu'une seule fois au cours de sa vie, mais de façon spectaculaire, le tueur en série tue tant et aussi longtemps qu'il n'est pas appréhendé. 1, record 1, French, - meurtrier%20de%20masse
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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