Filicide: A comparison by sex and presence or absence of self-destructive behavior

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 287-295

  Léveillée, Suzanne ^a   Marleau, Jacques D ^b   Dubé, Myriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Familicide; Filicide; Homicide; Suicide; Uxoricide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547452201     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9081-3     Document Type: Article

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