Sexual homicide: A spatial analysis of 25 years of deaths in Los Angeles

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1129-1141

  Van Patten, Isaac T ^a   Delhauer, Paul Q ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Homicide Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Homicide investigation; Journey after crime; Journey to crime; Sexual homicide; Solvability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CRIME; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOMETRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LAWYER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HOMICIDE; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548329727     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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