Understanding the impact of prior abuse and prior victimization on the decision to forego criminal justice assistance in domestic violence incidents: A life-course perspective

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-76

  Buzawa, Eve ^a   Hotaling, Gerald T ^a   Byrne, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Batterer treatment; Crisis intervention; Domestic violence; Formal and informal social control mechanisms; Life course perspective; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846689954     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhl020     Document Type: Article

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