Police perceptions of domestic violence: The nexus of victim, perpetrator, event, self and law

Policing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-326

  Sinden, Peter G ^a   Stephens, B Joyce ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perception; Police; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013206486     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519910285071     Document Type: Article

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