Family violence against women and children: Prevalence of assaults and fatalities, family dynamics, and intervention

Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-80

  Burgess, Ann W ^a   Roberts, Albert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Child abuse; Child neglect; Intrafamily homicide; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343230612     PISSN: 10645136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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