What do battered women want? Victims' opinions on prosecution

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 611-628

  Hare, Sara C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Abused women; Domestic violence; Prosecution; Victims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

EID: 33748941301     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.21.5.611     Document Type: Article

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