Why violence? A test of hypotheses representing three discourses on the roots of domestic violence

Human Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 200-208

  Handwerker, W Penn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antigua; Barbados; Caribbean; Evolutionary ecology; Gender relations; Violence

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; BARBADOS; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0032468735     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.57.2.92q0423167365020     Document Type: Article

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