Recent or imminent separation and intimate violence against women: A conceptual overview and some Canadian examples

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 566-589

  Sev'er, Aysan ^a  

^a NONE

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ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CRIME; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; FEMALE; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUMMARY REPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE--WOMEN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CRIME; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUMMARY REPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE--WOMEN; WOMEN;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CRIME; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 0031282839     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801297003006002     Document Type: Article

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