Child abduction murder: An analysis of the effect of time and distance separation between murder incident sites on solvability

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-145

  Brown, Katherine M ^a   Keppel, Robert D ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Clearance; Distance; Forensic science; Homicide; Kidnapping; Missing and abducted children; Murder; Murder of missing and abducted children; Solvability; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HOMICIDE; INCIDENT REPORT; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DATA COLLECTION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33845894176     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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