An empirical analysis of 30 years of U.S. juvenile and adult sexual homicide offender data: Race and age differences in the victim-offender relationship

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1282-1290

  Chan, Heng Choon ^a,b   Myers, Wade C ^c   Heide, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime victims; forensic science; homicide; offender profiling; race; rape; sexual homicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; NEGRO; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956309521     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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