Female status and infant and child homicide victimization in rural and urban counties in the U.S

Gender Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 35-50

  Hunnicutt, Gwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child homicide victimization; Gender; Rural and urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249152344     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-007-9046-0     Document Type: Article

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