Race matters in the prosecution of perpetrators of inflicted traumatic brain injury

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1174-1180

  Keenan, Heather T ^a,d   Nocera, Maryalice ^b   Runyan, Desmond K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Disparity; Judicial decisions; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CRIME; PUNISHMENT; RACE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 48949101069     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1846     Document Type: Article

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