Law enforcement versus battered women: The conflict over the lautenberg amendment

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-45

  Adelman, Madelaine ^a   Morgan, Phoebe ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gun control; Lautenberg Amendment; Law reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144443173     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109905279869     Document Type: Review

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