Declining trends in U.S. parricides, 1976-1998: Testing the Freudian assumptions

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-402

  Shon, Phillip C H ^a   Targonski, Joseph R ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OFFENDER; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

EID: 0037411516     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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