Stopping the violence: Canadian feminist debates on restorative justice and intimate violence

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-66

  Cameron, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal justice; Aboriginal women; feminism; intimate violence; restorative justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645739915     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480606059982     Document Type: Article

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