Gender, Attributional Styles, and Direction of Lethal Violence: A Partial Test of an Integrated Model of Suicide and Homicide

Homicide Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-252

  Vollum, S ^a   Titterington, V B ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992889588     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767901005003003     Document Type: Article

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