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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Psychology of Murder Concealment Acts.

Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Naji Arafat Mahat, Geshina Ayu Mat Saat, Azizah Othman, Ian Lloyd Anthony, Sowmya Kumar, Suzaily Wahab, Saravanan Meyappan, Balan Rathakrishnan, Fauziah Ibrahim

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Mohammad Rahim KamaluddinCentre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia.
Naji Arafat MahatFaculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0865-5461
Geshina Ayu Mat SaatForensic Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6047-5636
Azizah OthmanDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia.
Ian Lloyd AnthonyForensic Psychiatry Unit, Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Ipoh 30000, Malaysia.
Sowmya KumarCriminology Department, Karunya University, Coimbatore 641114, India.
Suzaily WahabPsychiatry Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia.
Saravanan MeyappanKuala Lumpur Magistrates Court (Criminal Division), Kuala Lumpur 50480, Malaysia.
Balan RathakrishnanFaculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Malaysia.
Fauziah IbrahimCentre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-4029-8123

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The escalating trend of murder victim concealment worldwide appears worrying, and literature does not reveal any specific study focusing on victim concealment amongst convicted male Malaysian murderers. Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the psychological traits that may underlie the act of murder concealment in Malaysia via mixed method approaches. Male murderers (

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