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Coming to grips with the cycle of violence

A commentary on: ‘Violent crime runs in families: a total population study of 12.5 million individuals’ by Frisell et al. (2010)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2010

C. J. Patrick*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
U. Vaidyanathan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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*Address for correspondence: Dr C. J. Patrick, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. (Email: cpatrick@psy.fsu.edu)

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