Child homicide and Infanticide in New Zealand

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-348

  Dean, Peter John ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 3242666772     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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