Murder by numbers: Monetary costs imposed by a sample of homicide offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-513

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Kosloski, Anna ^a   Sween, Molly ^a   Hachmeister, Emily ^a   Moore, Matt ^a   Drury, Alan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of crime; Criminal career; Homicide; Monetization estimates; Murder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; THEFT; VICTIM;

EID: 77955059869     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940903564388     Document Type: Article

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