Regional differences in homicide patterns in five areas of Japan

Legal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-55

  Hata, Nobuhide ^a   Kominato, Yoshihiko ^a   Shimada, Ichiro ^a   Takizawa, Hisao ^a   Fujikura, Takashi ^b   Morita, Masahiko ^c   Funayama, Masato ^d   Yoshioka, Naofumi ^e   Touda, Kouhei ^e   Gonmori, Kunio ^e   Misawa, Shogo ^f   Sakairi, Yuriko ^f   Sakamoto, Namiko ^f   Tanno, Kozo ^f   Thaik Oo, Myo ^f   Kiuchi, Masahiro ^g   Fukumoto, Yoshio ^g   Sato, Yayoi ^g  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Criminology; Epidemiology; Homicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANTICIDE; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OFFENDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAB WOUND; URBANIZATION; VICTIM;

EID: 0035062930     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(01)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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