A large sample evaluation of a court-mandated batterer intervention program: Investigating differential program effect for African American and Caucasian men

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a   Carney, Michelle Mohr ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Court ordered batterers; Domestic violence; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645727871     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505277306     Document Type: Article

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