Violence against and the harassment of women in Canadian Public Housing: An exploratory study

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-516

  DeKeseredy, Walter S ^a   Alvi, Shahid ^a   Schwartz, Martin D ^a   Perry, Barbara ^a  

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