Race and demographic factors in treatment attendance for domestically abusive men

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-400

  Taft, Casey T ^a,b   Murphy, Christopher M ^a   Elliott, Jeffrey D ^a   Keaser, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Domestic violence; Dropout; Race differences; Treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540215     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012224910252     Document Type: Article

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