Community violence and its direct, indirect, and mediating effects on intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1132-1149

  Raghavan, Chitra ^a   Mennerich, Amy ^b   Sexton, Ellen ^a   James, Susan E ^c  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b Center for Court Innovation ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; Intimate partner violence; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750441166     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206294115     Document Type: Article

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