Social structure and family homicides

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-532

  Diem, Chelsea ^a   Pizarro, Jesenia M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filicide; Intimate partner homicides; Parricide; Siblicide; Social structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952420789     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9313-9     Document Type: Article

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