Conjoint Interventions for Adult Victims and Children of Domestic Violence: A Program Evaluation

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Sullivan, Michael ^a   Egan, Marcia ^a   Gooch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult victims; Child victims; Conjoint interventions; Domestic violence; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042504332     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503257881     Document Type: Review

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