Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 332-343 , July 2005

Homicide by men in Japan, and its relationship to age, resources and risk taking

Received 28 May 2004 ,Accepted 6 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.12.003

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 332-343 , July 2005