Juvenile and Adult Offenders Arrested for Sexual Homicide: An Analysis of Victim-Offender Relationship and Weapon Used by Race

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-89

  Myers, Wade C ^c,d  

^a Oliver)   (United States)

^b Oliver)   (Hong Kong)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime victims; Forensic science; Homicide; Murder weapon; Offender profiling; Race; Rape; Sexual homicide; Victim offender relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027958486     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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