Combating child homicide: Preventive policing for the new millennium

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 380-387

  Boudreaux, Monique C ^a   Lord, Wayne D ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abduction; Child homicide; Community policing; Developmental victimology; Preventive policing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16244392427     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504269569     Document Type: Article

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