Intimate partner homicide by presence or absence of a self-destructive act

Homicide Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-354

  Liem, Marieke ^a   Roberts, Darryl W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Forensic psychology; Homicide suicide; Intimate partner homicide; Spousal homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450277209     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767909347988     Document Type: Article

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