Moral development among court-ordered domestic violence offenders a descriptive analysis

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 37-52

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American batterers; Domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033273426     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v26n02_02     Document Type: Article

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