Comparative Patterns in Life Course Victimization: Competition, Social Rivalry, and Predatory Tactics in Child Homicide in the United States

Homicide Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-347

  Lord, Wayne D ^a   Boudreaux, Monique C ^b   Jarvis, John P ^a   Waldvogel, Jerry ^c   Weeks, Hal ^d  

^a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

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EID: 84992838028     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108876702237343     Document Type: Article

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