A profile of parental homicide against children

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-362

  Kunz, Jenifer ^a   Bahr, Stephen J ^b  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and parent child homicide; Child homicide; Gender and parent child homicide; Parent child homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030490327     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02333422     Document Type: Article

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