Women's status and risk of homicide victimization: An analysis with data disaggregated by victim-offender relationship

Homicide Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-176

  Vieraitis, Lynne M ^a   Kovandzic, Tomislav V ^a   Britto, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Homicide; Victim offender relationship; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149134814     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907313148     Document Type: Article

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