Assessing assault self-reports by batterer program participants and their partners

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-197

  Heckert, D Alex ^a   Gondolf, Edward W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer programs; Conflict tactics scale; Police reports; Self reports; Underreport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195020     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007594928605     Document Type: Article

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