Reproductive-age women are overrepresented among perpetrators of husband killing

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-317

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Husband killing; Husband's age; Spousal conflict; Wife's age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034353940     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2337(2000)26:4<309::aid-ab3>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Article

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