Comparing the social service utilization, exposure to violence, and trauma symptomology of domestic violence female "victims" and female "batterers"

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-420

  Abel, Eileen Mazur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer intervention; Domestic violence; Trauma; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540209     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012276927091     Document Type: Article

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