Extreme violence - Homicide; an analysis of 265 cases from the offices of JMO Colombo and Ragama - A Study from Sri Lanka

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Edirisinghe, P A S ^a   Kitulwatte, I D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Homicide; Motive for killing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BOMB; CAUSE OF DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA; TERRORISM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; TERRORISM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67349132340     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.079     Document Type: Article

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