Victim or offender? Heterogeneity among women arrested for intimate partner violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-368

  Henning, Kris ^a   Renauer, Brian ^a   Holdford, Robert ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exchange Club Familty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Female offenders; Partner abuse; Typology recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751550473     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9032-4     Document Type: Article

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