Juvenile parricide offenders sentenced to death

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-99

  Heide, Kathleen M ^a   McCurdy, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Capital punishment; Death penalty; Juvenile justice; Juvenile murderers; Matricide; Murder; Parricide; Patricide

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951544451     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880903048545     Document Type: Article

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