A decade of child-initiated family violence: Comparative analysis of child-parent violence and parricide examining offender, victim, and event characteristics in a national sample of reported incidents, 1995-2005

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1450-1477

  Walsh, Jeffrey A ^a   Krienert, Jessie L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child parent violence; Escalation; Family violence; Juveniles; Parricide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249132461     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508323661     Document Type: Article

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