PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 5 May 1986, pp. 709-713
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Childhood Homicide in Erie County, New York

Ernest L. Abel PhD1

1 From the Research Institute on Alcoholism, Buffalo, New York

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.

Key Words: childhood homicide • child abuse • violence • nonaccidental injury

Submitted on May 16, 1985
Accepted on June 26, 1985




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