Survey of medico-legal investigation of homicides in the city of Turku, Finland

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Wahlsten, P ^a   Koiranen, V ^b   Saukko, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Turku Police Department   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Homicide; Medico legal; Offender; Victim

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; POLICE; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249810012     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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