The response to domestic violence in a model court: Some initial findings and implications

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-206

  Buzawa, Eve ^a   Hotaling, Gerald ^b   Klein, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COURT; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY VIOLENCE; MODEL; OFFENDER; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES;

EID: 0031813112     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199821)16:2<185::AID-BSL306>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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