+ Relationship between Substance Use, Drug Selling, and Lethal Violence in 25 Juvenile Murderers
- Author:
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McLaughlin C.R. / Daniel J. / Joost, T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Criminology, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, CRIMINOLOGY, Crime Victims, HOMICIDE, Humans, male prisoners, risk factors, substance-related disorders, violence
This study, designed to ascertain the relationship between substance abuse, drug selling, and lethal violence in adolescent male homicide offenders and their victims, utilized data from criminal justice...
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+ Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Author:
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Mathews S / Abrahams N / Jewkes R / Martin LJ / Lombard C
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Bull World Health Organ
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, International, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Autopsy, Crime Victims
The authors randomly sampled mortality data from 25 mortuaries across South Africa to identify all homicides committed in 1999 of women over 13 years of age. Among other things, they found that suicide...
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+ Girls and weapons: an international study of the perpetration of violence
- Author:
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Erickson, P. G. / Butters, J. E. / Cousineau, M. M. / Harrison, L. / Korf, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, International
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Crime Victims/statistics & numerical data, Female, Firearms/ statistics & numerical data
510 girls ages 14-17 in four cities (Amsterdam, Montreal, Philadelphia, and Toronto) were interviewed about their weapons-related behaviors. The highest percentage of girls who reported carrying a gun...
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