An ecological study of nonresidential services for battered women within a comprehensive community protocol for domestic violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-415

  Weisz, Arlene N ^a   Tolman, Richard M ^b   Bennett, Larry ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Battered women; Legal interventions; Protective orders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032348923     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022827320184     Document Type: Article

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