Week
Ten Assignment
My Experience with Google Scholar
- I used the search terms: “Jeffrey Dahmer” criminology
- I found a scholarly article about autistic spectrum disorders that Jeffrey Dahmer may have been afflicted with. It has been cited in other articles and is titled “The Dangers of Posthumous Diagnoses and the Unintended Consequences of Facile Associations”. I haven't found this article in other databases because it is an advanced scholarly article from the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. I don't even understand the title!
- I limited the search to years 2000-2015 and articles that include citations.
- I will use Google Scholar in the future to use the citation and related article tools. If I am searching for a specific topic these tools will come in handy if my search results are a bit sparse.
Saved Full Text Article
Title:
“The Case of Jeffrey Dahmer: Sexual Serial Homicide from a
Neuropsychiatric Developmental Perspective”
Authors:
J. Arturo Silva, M.D.; Michelle M. Ferrari, M.D.; and Gregory B.
Leong, M.D.
Journal
of Forensic Science
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.D/images/dahmer-jeffrey/docs/jeffrey-dahmer-silva-et-al.pdf
Valerie,
ReplyDeleteCould you use white font so that I can easily read your posts. This black on black is not working!!
Yes, I think the citation link is about the best thing since sliced bread. Also, it is true that there are articles on GS that are not indexed in our databases... it is a good place to look, though you would not want to give up the databases for GS alone.
Sue