Factors of parricide: Allowance of the use of battered child syndrome as a defense

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 671-683

  Hart, Jessica L ^a   Helms, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered child syndrome; Parricide; Self defense

Indexed keywords

MATRICIDE; PARRICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATRICIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0242321835     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(02)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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