The contribution of forensic archaeology to homicide investigations

Homicide Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-413

  Schultz, John J ^a   Dupras, Tosha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic archaeology; Homicide investigations; Skeletal recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949091976     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767908324430     Document Type: Article

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