In search of justice for domestic and family violence: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women's perspectives

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-106

  Nancarrow, Heather ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

domestic violence; feminist; Indigenous; restorative justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645749263     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480606059986     Document Type: Article

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