Child homicide and the economic stress hypothesis: A research note

Homicide Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-290

  Dowdy, Eric R ^a   Unnithan, Prabha N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0038004518     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767997001003005     Document Type: Article

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