Domestic violence treatment response and recidivism: A review and implications for the study of family violence

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-440

  Sartin, Robert M ^a   Hansen, David J ^a   Huss, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Family violence; Recidivism; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMINISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; SADISM; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746344668     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2005.12.002     Document Type: Review

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