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What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases are Solved? Insights from Qualitative Research with Detectives in Great Britain and the USA. / Brookman, Fiona; Maguire, Edward; Maguire, Mike.

In: Homicide Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, 01.05.2019, p. 145-174.

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Brookman, F, Maguire, E & Maguire, M 2019, 'What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases are Solved? Insights from Qualitative Research with Detectives in Great Britain and the USA', Homicide Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 145-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918793678

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Brookman, F., Maguire, E., & Maguire, M. (2019). What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases are Solved? Insights from Qualitative Research with Detectives in Great Britain and the USA. Homicide Studies, 23(2), 145-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918793678

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Brookman F, Maguire E, Maguire M. What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases are Solved? Insights from Qualitative Research with Detectives in Great Britain and the USA. Homicide Studies. 2019 May 1;23(2):145-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918793678

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Brookman, Fiona ; Maguire, Edward ; Maguire, Mike. / What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases are Solved? Insights from Qualitative Research with Detectives in Great Britain and the USA. In: Homicide Studies. 2019 ; Vol. 23, No. 2. pp. 145-174.

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