Children who kill family members: Three case studies from Australia

Journal of Threat Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Lennings, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Forensic psychology; Parricide; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144475927     PISSN: 15332608     EISSN: 15332616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J177v02n02_04     Document Type: Article

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