Homicide in Homosexual Victims: A Study of 67 Cases from the Broward County, Florida, Medical Examiner's Office (1982-1992), with Special Emphasis on "Overkill"

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-69

  Bell, Michael D ^a   Vila, Raul I ^b  

^a Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

^b Deering Hospital Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide; Homosexuality; Overkill; Sexual preference; Sharp force injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMICIDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; FLORIDA; HOMICIDE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030063391     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199603000-00012     Document Type: Article

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