The assessment of court-mandated perpetrators of domestic violence

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 3-36

  Sonkin, Daniel ^b   Liebert, Douglas S ^a  

^a Fam Ther Inst of Sacramento Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Batterers; Domestic violence; Perpetrators; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COURT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PRIVACY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038515324     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v06n02_02     Document Type: Review

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