Vilification of the "batterer": How blame shapes domestic violence policy and interventions

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-281

  Corvo, Ken ^a   Johnson, Pamela J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDEOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0037406476     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(01)00060-X     Document Type: Review

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