Juvenile homicide victimization: Differences and similarities by gender

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-398

  Muftić, Lisa R ^a   Moreno, Rebecca D ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; homicide; juvenile; victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956223254     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204010368235     Document Type: Note

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