Children in the crossfire: Child custody determinations among couples with a history of intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 991-1021

  Kernic, Mary A ^a,b   Monary Ernsdorff, Daphne J ^a,b   Koepsell, Jennifer K ^a   Holt, Victoria L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child custody; Cohort studies; Divorce; Domestic violence visitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 22944488265     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205278042     Document Type: Article

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