'Woman bites dog' - Making sense of media and research reports that claim women and men are equally violent

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1225, 2005, Pages

  Giles, Janice ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFLICT; COURT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27944476384     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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