The bystander dilemma and child abuse: Extending the latané and darley model to domestic violence

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1158-1183

  Hoefnagels, Cees ^a,b   Zwikker, Machteld ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0039894489     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02668.x     Document Type: Article

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