The decision to end abusive relationships: The role of offender characteristics

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-117

  Stroshine, Meghan S ^a   Robinson, Amanda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Ending abusive relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037262073     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854802239165     Document Type: Article

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