Attitudes toward domestic violence among romanian and u.s. university students: A cross-cultural comparison

Women and Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 27-52

  Knickrehm, Kay M ^a   Teske, Robin L ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Feminism; Feminist theory; Public policy; Public private; Romania; Violence against women; Women; Women s rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844568167     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v21n03_02     Document Type: Article

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