Battered women who kill: An empirical analysis of public perceptions of seriousness in Israel from a consensus theoretical Perspective

Homicide Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-319

  Herzog, Sergio ^a  

^a Institute of Criminology   (Israel)

Author keywords

Battered women who kill; Consensus model; Israel; Seriousness perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748953039     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767906292643     Document Type: Article

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