Sexual and nonsexual marital aggression: Legal considerations, epidemiology, and an integrated typology of perpetrators

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-389

  Monson, Candice M ^a   Langhinrichsen Rohling, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Batterers; Marital violence; Rape; Typologies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMAN; DYSPHORIA; MARRIAGE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031782888     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(97)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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