Child custody evaluations and domestic violence: Case comparisons

Violence and Victims

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 719-742

  Logan, T K ^a,c   Walker, Robert ^a   Jordan, Carol E ^b   Horvath, Leah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Off of Child Abuse/Dom Viol Serv   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CUSTODY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0036957416     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.17.6.719.33718     Document Type: Article

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