Female-Perpetrated partner violence and aggression: Their relationship to gender identity

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-99

  Dietz, Tracy L ^a   Jasinsik, Jana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female perpetration; Gender identity; Partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845954866     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v15n01_05     Document Type: Article

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