Prosecution of women arrested for intimate partner abuse

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-376

  Henning, Kris ^a   Renauer, Brian ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Email offenders; Family violence; Law enforcement; Partner abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 24744444726     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.20.3.361     Document Type: Article

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