Sex of victims in maternal filicide

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 637-643

  Laporte, Line ^a   Tzoumakis, Stacy ^b   Marleau, Jacques D ^a   Allaire, Jean François ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 22944446103     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.3.637-643     Document Type: Review

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