Behavioral Perspectives on Child Homicide: The Role of Access, Vulnerability, and Routine Activities Theory

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-78

  Boudreaux, Monique C ^a   Lord, Wayne D ^b   Jarvis, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral science; child homicide; criminal profiling; developmental victimology; predation; routine activities theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998068097     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838001002001004     Document Type: Article

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