A comparison of law enforcement and medical examiner reports in a violent-death surveillance system

Homicide Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-263

  Gabor, Lee Anne ^a   Genovesi, Andrea ^a   Larsen, Gitte Y ^a   Fullerton Gleason, Lynne ^b   Davis, Anna ^a   Olson, Lenora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coroners and medical examiners statistics and numerical data; Criminal justice statistics and numerical data; Homicide; Suicide; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249100672     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767908321534     Document Type: Article

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