Beyond bravado: Redemption and rehabilitation in the fathering accounts of men who batter

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 137-163

  Fox, Greer Litton ^a   Sayers, Jeremy ^a   Bruce, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

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EID: 0035554895     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v32n03_08     Document Type: Article

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