Gender-specific homicide offending in rural areas

Homicide Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-73

  Lee, Matthew R ^a,b   Stevenson, Ginger D ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Homicide; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944446172     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767905283640     Document Type: Article

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