But, gertrude, i beg to differ, a hit is not a hit is not a hit - When battered women are arrested for assaulting their partners

Violence Against Women

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1521-1544

  Osthoff, Sue ^a  

^a National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women   (United States)

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EID: 23044535059     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107780102237968     Document Type: Review

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