The voices of domestic violence victims: Predictors of victim preference for arrest and the relationship between preference for arrest and revictimization

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-336

  Hirschel, David ^a   Hutchison, Ira W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrest; Domestic violence; Revictimization; Victim preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037275661     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128702251067     Document Type: Review

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