Violence in police families: Work-family spillover

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-12

  Johnson, Leanor Boulin ^a   Todd, Michael ^b   Subramanian, Ganga ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarian spillover; Domestic violence; Job stress; Police; Violence exposure; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444377896     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-005-1504-4     Document Type: Review

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