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Homicide During Teenage Years - The Ten Year Metro-Dade County Experience From 1973 to 1982

NCJ Number
94748
Journal
Forensic Science International Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Dated: (July 1984) Pages: 167-173
Author(s)
A R Copeland
Date Published
1984
Length
7 pages
Annotation
This article studies teenage homicide victims in Metro-Dade County, Miami, Fl, U.S.A., between the years 1973 through 1982.
Abstract
A total of 263 cases were selected. Cases were then analyzed with respect to age, race, sex, cause of death, scene circumstances, alcohol and drugs detected at autopsy. A discussion follows that highlights these parameters from the standpoint of adolescence and the changing modern society. (Publisher abstract)

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