Homicide Followed by Suicide in Finland: Trend and Social Locus

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-236

  Kivivuori, Janne ^a   Lehti, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Homicide; Homicide Suicide; Murder Suicide; Social stratification; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642540342     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850310021972     Document Type: Article

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