%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood homicide in Erie County, New York
%J Pediatrics
%D 1986
%A Abel, Ernest L.
%V 77
%N 5
%P 709-713
%X Childhood homicide during 1972 to 1984 constituted 7.6% of the total homicides in Erie County, NY, a relatively higher percentage than that for the United States as a whole. The age-specific rate for black children less than four years of age was 17.9 per 100,000, a rate higher than that for Northern Ireland. Areas in which childhood homicide occurred most frequently were characterized by poverty and unemployment. The most common cause of death was a blunt trauma. Most homicides occurred on a Saturday and during spring and fall. In most cases, the offender was the child's mother. Most homicides occurred in the bedroom.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I American Academy of Pediatrics
%@ 0031-4005
%U http://dx.doi.org/