Court dispositions and rearrest for intimate assault

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-102

  Wooldredge, John ^a   Thistlethwaite, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Court dispositions; Intimate assault; Rearrest

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944256050     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128704266422     Document Type: Review

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