Is domestic violence a gender issue? Views from a British city

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 266-283

  Nicolson, Paula ^a   Wilson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic abuse; Domestic violence; Gender; Observational survey; Public awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944266564     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.789     Document Type: Article

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