Mass Shootings in America: Moving Beyond Newtown

Homicide Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-145

  Fox, James Alan ^a   DeLateur, Monica J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

correlates; mass murder; public policy; school shootings; subtypes; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892429846     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767913510297     Document Type: Article

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