Battered Mothers speak out: Participatory human rights documentation as a model for research and activism in the United States

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1367-1395

  Slote, Kim Y ^a   Cuthbert, Carrie ^a   Mesh, Cynthia J ^b,c   Driggers, Monica G ^d,e   Bancroft, Lundy ^e   Silverman, Jay G ^c,e  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Battered Mothers' Testimony Project

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Women's Rights Network   (United States)

^e WCW ^*

Author keywords

Child custody; Domestic violence; Human rights

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CUSTODY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTHER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CUSTODY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 27744608126     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205280270     Document Type: Review

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