Correlates of the victim-offender relationship in homicide

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 658-672

  Cao, Liqun ^a,d   Hou, Charles ^b   Huang, Bu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide classification; Homicide in Taiwan; Marginal effects; Multinomial logistic regression; Victim offender relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; VICTIM;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 55049118488     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07308671     Document Type: Article

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