A meta-analytic review of court-mandated batterer intervention programs: Can courts affect abusers' behavior?

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-262

  Feder, Lynette ^a   Wilson, David B ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer intervention; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Meta analysis; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944579082     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-005-1179-0     Document Type: Review

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