Domestic violence in lesbian relationships

Women and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 107-127

  Miller, Diane Helene ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b   Causby, Vickie ^c   White, Barbara W ^d   Lockhart, Lettie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Battering; Domestic violence; Fusion; Lesbian relationships; Lesbians; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044528755     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v23n03_08     Document Type: Article

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