Risk, fear, harm: Immigrant women's perceptions of the "policing solution" to woman abuse

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-317

  Wachholz, Sandra ^a   Miedema, Baukje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034288026     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008358432117     Document Type: Article

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