Domestic violence legislation and the police: The role of socio-economic indicators, political factors and women’s political activism on state policy adoption

Women and Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 27-53

  Murphy, Patricia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0347801671     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v18n02_02     Document Type: Article

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