Adjudication outcomes in intimate and non-intimate homicides

Homicide Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-230

  Auerhahn, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gender; Sentencing; Spousal homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547428417     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907304121     Document Type: Review

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