Severity of intimate partner violence and occurrence and frequency of police calls

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1354-1364

  Bonomi, Amy E ^a   Holt, Victoria L ^a   Martin, Diane P ^b   Thompson, Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Help seeking; Intimate partner violence; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33747876640     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506291656     Document Type: Article

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