Analysis of 112 juveniles who committed homicide: Characteristics and a closer look at family abuse

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-375

  Darby, Patric J ^a   Allan, Wesley D ^a   Kashani, Javad H ^a   Hartke, Kenneth L ^b   Reid, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family abuse; Homicide; Juvenile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032334002     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022823219276     Document Type: Article

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