Psychological and demographic predictors of attrition among batterers court ordered into treatment

Social Work Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-41

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a   Carney, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Batterers; Court ordered treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040081940     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/26.1.31     Document Type: Article

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