Space city revisited: Patterns of legal outcomes in Houston homicide

Violence and Victims

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-95

  Titterington, Victoria B ^a   Abbott, Barry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISON; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 2442655144     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.19.1.83.33237     Document Type: Article

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