Violence against women: Conditions, consequences, and coping

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-331

  Löbmann, Rebecca ^a   Greve, Werner ^a   Wetzels, Peter ^a   Bosold, Christiane ^a  

^a Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consequences; Coping; Prevalence; Prevention; Risk; Victimization; Violence Against Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345599093     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316021000054328     Document Type: Article

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