Child custody determinations in cases involving intimate partner violence: A human rights analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-957

  Silverman, Jay G ^a   Mesh, Cynthia M ^a   Cuthbert, Carrie V ^b   Slote, Kim ^b   Bancroft, Lundy ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Harvard School of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSTODY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542420065     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.6.951     Document Type: Article

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