Exploring the relevance of moral development as a treatment issue in batterer intervention

Social Work Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 232-241

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterers; Moral development; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442425106     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/27.4.232     Document Type: Article

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