Methods of filicide: Stepparents and genetic parents kill differently

Violence and Victims

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Weekes Shackelford, Viviana A ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442638826     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.19.1.75.33232     Document Type: Article

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