Prior crime specialization and its relationship to homicide crime scene behavior type

Homicide Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-399

  Horning, Amber M ^a   Salfati, C Gabrielle ^a   Crawford, Kristan ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

crime scene behaviors; criminal career; criminal specialization; homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958019397     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767910382833     Document Type: Article

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