Female-perpetrated femicide and attempted femicide: A case study

Violence Against Women

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 606-625

  Glass, Nancy ^a   Koziol McLain, Jane ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^c,e   Block, Carolyn Rebecca ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Illinois Crim Justice Info Auth ^*  (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted femicide; Female perpetrated femicide; Femicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542597090     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204265016     Document Type: Article

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