Gender and role-based perceptions of domestic abuse: Does sexual orientation matter?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-214

  Seelau, Eric P ^a   Seelau, Sheila M ^a   Poorman, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; STEREOTYPY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037245712     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.524     Document Type: Article

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