Juveniles, Illicit Drug Activity, and Homicides against Law Enforcement Officers

Homicide Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-349

  Mencken, F Carson ^a   Nolan, James ^b   Berhanu, Samuel ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

juvenile homicide; police homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992827341     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767903262597     Document Type: Article

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