Domestic violence: Attributions, recommended punishments and reporting behaviour related to provocation by the victim

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-85

  Pavlou, Maria ^a   Knowles, Ann ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PROVOCATION; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; VICTIM;

EID: 0035716059     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710109525006     Document Type: Article

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