A comparison of intimate partner homicide to intimate partner homicide-suicide: One hundred and twenty-four New Mexico cases

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1065-1078

  Banks, Laura ^a   Crandall, Cameron ^a   Sklar, David ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Firearms; Homicide; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SUICIDE;

EID: 49649105569     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208321983     Document Type: Article

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