Police responses to battering in a progressive pro-arrest jurisdiction

Justice System Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-273

  Jones, Dana A ^a   Belknap, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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