Sexual homicide of elderly females linking offender characteristics to victim and crime scene attributes

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 500-525

  Safarik, Mark E ^a   Jarvis, John P ^c   Nussbaum, Kathleen E ^b  

^a Police Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036250715     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260502017005002     Document Type: Article

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