The Practice of Honor Crimes: A Glimpse of Domestic Violence in The Arab World

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-87

  Kulwicki, Anahid Devartanian ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0442328879     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840252825491     Document Type: Article

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