Divorce, Custody, and Spousal Violence: A Random Sample of Circuit Court Docket Records

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-279

  Logan, T K ^a   Walker, Robert ^a   Horvath, Leah S ^a   Leukefeld, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Court records; Divorce; Domestic violence; Fatherhood; Spousal violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042522931     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025113210752     Document Type: Article

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