Substance Use and Abused Women's Utilization of the Police

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Hutchison, Ira W ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Police utilization; Spouse abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037231579     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022889131043     Document Type: Review

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