Shooting for Accuracy: Comparing Data Sources on Mass Murder

Homicide Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-124

  Huff Corzine, Lin ^a   McCutcheon, James C ^b   Corzine, Jay ^a   Jarvis, John P ^c   Tetzlaff Bemiller, Melissa J ^d   Weller, Mindy ^a   Landon, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^d Lakeland University   (United States)

Author keywords

homicide; mass murder; murder; National Incident Based Reporting System; Supplementary Homicide Report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892386154     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767913512205     Document Type: Article

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