Family killing fields: Honor rationales in the murder of women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-184

  Baker, Nancy V ^a   Gregware, Peter R ^a   Cassidy, Margery A ^a  

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EID: 0000708063     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107780129952005     Document Type: Article

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