Victim needs and conjugal violence: Do victims want decision-making power?

Conflict Resolution Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-508

  Wemmers, J O Anne ^a   Cousineau, Marie Marthe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 26444509873     PISSN: 15365581     EISSN: 15411508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/crq.117     Document Type: Review

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