Characteristics of Canadian Youth-Perpetrated Homicides

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1009-1026

  Woodworth, Michael ^a   Agar, Ava D ^b   Coupland, Richard B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; Canada; homicide; juvenile; murder; violence; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881240384     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813482309     Document Type: Article

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