Reasons for reporting and not reporting domestic violence to the police

Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 617-648

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Messner, Steven F ^b   Hoskin, Anthony W ^c   Deane, Glenn ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Police; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036689571     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00968.x     Document Type: Article

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