Police response to domestic violence: From victim choice to victim empowerment?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-36

  Hoyle, Carolyn ^a   Sanders, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 0034416855     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/40.1.14     Document Type: Article

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