Gender differences in Finnish homicide offence characteristics

Forensic Science International

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Häkkänen Nyholm, Helinä ^a,b   Putkonen, Hanna ^c,e   Lindberg, Nina ^c   Holi, Matti ^d   Rovamo, Tuija ^b   Weizmann Henelius, Ghitta ^e  

^a National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Kellokoski Hospital   (Finland)

^e VANHA VAASA HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crime scene behaviour; Gender differences; Homicide; Offence characteristics; Profiling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 62749109030     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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