Filicide Cases in Turkey, 1995-2000

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 592-595

  Karakus, Mustafa ^a   Ince, Haluk ^a,b   Ince, Nurhan ^a   Arican, Nadir ^a   Sozen, Sevki ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crime; Crime victims; Homicide; Infanticide; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FILIXIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TURKEY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0242443912     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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