Violence Against Women: Is Psychology Part of the Problem or the Solution? A Content Analysis of Psychological Research from 1990 through 1999

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 410-421

  Salazar, Laura F ^a,b,c   Cook, Sarah L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Exceptionalism; Sexual assault; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036451041     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.691     Document Type: Article

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