Gun possession among massachusetts batterer intervention program enrollees

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-295

  Rothman, Emily F ^a   Johnson, Renee M ^b   Hemenway, David ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer; Domestic violence offender; Firearms; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; FIREARM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; FIREARMS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33646416467     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06287221     Document Type: Review

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