Comparisons among female homicides occurring in rural, intermediate, and urban counties in North Carolina

Homicide Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-128

  Sinauer, Nancy ^a   Bowling, J Michael ^b   Moracco, Kathryn E ^b   Runyan, Carol W ^b   Butts, John D ^c  

^a Sinauer Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Chief Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

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EID: 0343465673     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767999003002001     Document Type: Article

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