A comparative study of battered women and their children in Italy and the United States

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-74

  McCloskey, Laura Ann ^b   Treviso, Michaela ^a   Scionti, Theresa ^a   Dal Pozzo, Giuliana ^a  

^a Telefono Rosa   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Child abuse; Cross cultural; Domestic violence; Ethnic differences; Family violence; Hispanic women; Italian women; Italy; Mexican women; Psychopathology; Wife abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036109840     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013609023141     Document Type: Article

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